Medieval
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Aquinas 101: A Basic Introduction to the Thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas
$17.95 Add to cartA brief, engaging, and readable summary of the influential thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, one of the Catholic Church’s greatest minds. In this clear, thoughtful and immensely readable book, Francis Se… [more below]
- Author: Selman, Francis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0870612433
- Language: English
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God’s Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World
$19.99 Add to cartEstablished by the Catholic Church in 1231, the Inquisition continued in one form or another for almost seven hundred years. Though associated with the persecution of heretics and Jews — and with bur
- Author: Murphy, Cullen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 22 2013
- ISBN10: 0547844581
- Language: English
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The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades: Extracted and Translated from the Chronicle of Ibn Al-Qalanisi
$19.95 Add to cartA Saracen stronghold throughout the long history of the Crusades, Damascus served as the capital city for Nur al-Deen, Saladin, and other medieval Muslim leaders. From this prime vantage point comes a… [more below]
- Author: Gibb, H. A. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 24 2011
- ISBN10: 0486425193
- Language: English
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The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium: An Englishman’s World
$18.99 Add to cartAs the Shadow of the Millennium Descended Across England and Christendom, it Seemed as if the World was About to End. Actually, it was Only the Beginning… Welcome to the Year 1000. This is What Life… [more below]
- Author: Lacey, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0316511579
- Language: English
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A History of the Vikings
$25.99 Add to cart“An utterly splendid book, quite the most brilliantly written, balanced, and explanative general work on the Vikings ever to appear in English or in any language.”– Scandinavian Studies
The subject o- Author: Jones, Gwyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: July 19 2001
- ISBN10: 0192801341
- Language: English
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
$26.99 Read moreThe most important written work in English before the Norman Conquest, newly translated. Made up of annals written in the monasteries of Winchester, Canterbury, Peterborough, Abingdon, and Worcester, … [more below]
- Series: Monks of the Monasteries of Winchester, Canterbury, Peterbor
- Author: Swanton, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1842120034
- Language: English
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The Nonexistent Knight and the Cloven Viscount
$16.95 Add to cart- Series: Harbrace Paperbound Library
- Author: Calvino, Italo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0156659751
- Language: English
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Prophet of Blood
$29.99 Add to cartAutumn, AD 672. While out walking, Abbot Brocc was shocked to encounter the sinister apparition of a young woman, cloaked entirely in grey, who foretold his impending death. Dismissing the soothsayer’
- Series: Sister Fidelma Mystery #34
- Author: Tremayne, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1448309816
- Language: English
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Every Rising Sun: A Retelling of the One Thousand and One Nights
$19.99 Add to cartIn this riveting take on One Thousand and One Nights, Shaherazade, at the center of her own story, uses wit and political mastery to navigate opulent palaces brimming with treachery and the perils of
- Author: Ahmed, Jamila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1250887097
- Language: English
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King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne
$43.68 Add to cart“King and Emperor takes on the compelling suspense of good detective work as well as good history.”–The Wall Street Journal
Charles I, often known as Charlemagne, is one of the most extraordinary fi- Author: Nelson, Janet L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 520314204
- Language: English
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Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris
$39.00 Add to cartA riveting true story of murder and detection in 15th-century Paris, by one of the most brilliant medievalists of his generation.
On a chilly November night in 1407, Louis of Orleans was murdered by- Author: Jager, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 25 2014
- ISBN10: 0316224510
- Language: English
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Viking and Slavic Ornamental Designs: Volume 3
$19.00 Read moreThis volume is based on three pillars – photos, new publications and the Internet. The author has constructed Volume III of the Viking and Slavic Ornamental Design with a new set of 266 or so ancient … [more below]
- Author: Gorewicz, Igor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1945430826
- Language: English
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The Dancing Plague: The Strange, True Story of an Extraordinary Illness
$17.99 Read moreA gripping tale of one of history’s most bizarre events, and what it reveals about the strange possibilities of human nature
In the searing July heat of 1518, Frau Troffea stepped into the streets of S
- Author: Waller, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1402219431
- Language: English
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Maimonides: Guide for Today’s Perplexed
$21.95 Add to cartThe classic questions Maimonides contemplated in Guide for the Perplexed are addressed here in modern language.
- Author: Seeskin, Kenneth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 141
- Publish Date: October 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0874415098
- Language: English
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The Prince of Darkness: Radical Evil and the Power of Good in History
$24.95 Add to cartThe Devil, Satan, Lucifer, Mephistopheles – throughout history the Prince of Darkness, the Western world’s most powerful symbol of evil, has taken many names and shapes. Jeffrey Burton Russell here ch
- Author: Russell, Jeffrey Burton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 16 1992
- ISBN10: 0801480566
- Language: English
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1215
$20.99 Add to cartFrom bestselling author Danny Danziger and medieval expert John Gillingham comes a vivid look at the signing of the Magna Carta and how this event illuminates one of the most compelling and romantic p… [more below]
- Author: Danziger, Danny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: June 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0743257782
- Language: English
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Bright We Burn
$10.99 Read moreThe tumultuous, edge-of-your-seat conclusion to the New York Times bestselling And I Darken series. Who will live? Who will die? And who will rule triumphant?
SOME LOVES HEAL
Haunted over the unknown f- Series: And I Darken #3
- Author: White, Kiersten
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 0553522426
- Language: English
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Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 376-568
$45.00 Add to cartThis is a major survey of the barbarian migrations and their role in the fall of the Roman Empire and the creation of early medieval Europe, one of the key events in European history. Unlike previous … [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Medieval Textbooks
- Author: Halsall, Guy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 614
- Publish Date: December 20 2007
- ISBN10: 0521435439
- Language: English
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The Stones of Florence
$18.99 Add to cartA journey through the glorious Italian city’s scenery, history, and culture, from the New York Times best-selling author of Venice Observed and The Group.
Renowned for her sharp literary style, essayis… [more below]
- Author: McCarthy, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 04 2002
- ISBN10: 0156027631
- Language: English
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Life in a Medieval Village
$18.99 Add to cartMedieval history comes alive in Joseph and Frances Gies’s classic bestseller on life in medieval villages
This new reissue of Life in a Medieval Village, by respected historians Joseph and Frances Gies
- Series: Medieval Life
- Author: Gies, Frances
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 12 2016
- ISBN10: 0062415662
- Language: English
