Medieval
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The King’s Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology
$29.95 Add to cartOriginally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitt
- Series: Princeton Classics #22
- Author: Kantorowicz, Ernst
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 632
- Publish Date: May 10 2016
- ISBN10: 0691169233
- Language: English
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Medieval Calligraphy: Its History and Technique
$27.95 Read more“Vastly rewarding and illuminating.” — American Artist
This comprehensive history and instruction manual contains, in one volume, thirteen significant medieval scripts, with a history of the evolutio… [more below]- Series: Lettering, Calligraphy, Typography
- Author: Drogin, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 01 1989
- ISBN10: 0486261425
- Language: English
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When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the Riches of the East
$17.99 Add to cartWhile European civilization stagnated in the “Dark Ages,” Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion. Linked together by a web of spiritual, commercial, and intellectual co… [more below]
- Author: Gordon, Stewart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 01 2009
- ISBN10: 030681739X
- Language: English
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Ireland’s Forgotten Past: A History of the Overlooked and Disremembered
$24.95 Read moreIreland is approximately the size of the state of Indiana, yet this small country boasts an extensive, rich, and fascinating history. Ireland’s Forgotten Past is an alternative history that covers 13,
- Author: Bunbury, Turtle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 18, 2020
- ISBN10: 0500022534
- Language: English
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Shadow Scale: A Companion to Seraphina
$24.00 Add to cartDragons and humans are at war in this eagerly awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling fantasy, Seraphina.
Seraphina is tangled in a war between the dragon rebels and… [more below]- Series: Seraphina #2
- Author: Hartman, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: January 30 2018
- ISBN10: 0375866248
- Language: English
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The Quest of the Holy Grail
$18.00 Add to cartComposed by an unknown author in early thirteenth-century France, The Quest of the Holy Grail is a fusion of Arthurian legend and Christian symbolism, reinterpreting ancient Celtic myth as a profound … [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Anonymous
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 28 1969
- ISBN10: 0140442200
- Language: English
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The Queen’s Rising
$15.99 Add to cartIn this epic debut fantasy, inspired by Renaissance France, an outcast finds herself bound to a disgraced lord and entangled in his plot to overthrow the king. Perfect for fans of Grave Mercy and Red
- Series: Queen’s Rising #1
- Author: Ross, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0062471368
- Language: English
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Hieronymus Bosch: Time and Transformation in the Garden of Earthly Delights
$35.00 Read moreA new and exciting interpretation of Bosch’s masterpiece, repositioning the triptych as a history of humanity and the natural world
Hieronymus Bosch’s (c. 1450-1516) Garden of Earthly Delights has el- Author: Carroll, Margaret D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 09, 2022
- ISBN10: 0300255322
- Language: English
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The Knights Templar: A Captivating Guide to a Powerful Catholic Military Order and Their Impact on the Crusades
$26.99 Add to cartEveryone likes stories of adventure and courage. And you will find just that in this book.
People get a thrill from reading about knights in shining armor racing across the battlefield and doing all ki
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: May 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1637168349
- Language: English
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The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages
$35.00 Add to cartIn The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages, Geraldine Heng questions the common assumption that the concepts of race and racisms only began in the modern era. Examining Europe’s encounters w… [more below]
- Author: Heng, Geraldine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 434
- Publish Date: November 28 2019
- ISBN10: 1108435092
- Language: English
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The Consolation of Philosophy
$8.95 Read moreOne of the most influential books in the history of Western thought, The Consolation of Philosophy was written in a prison cell by a condemned man. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c. 480-524) was
- Author: Boethius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 10 2002
- ISBN10: 0486421635
- Language: English
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Study Guide to A Separate Peace by John Knowles
$9.95 Add to cartA comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for John Knowles, A Separate Peace, a novel that portrays the events of World War II through the eyes of teenage boys. A… [more below]
- Series: Bright Notes
- Author: Intelligent Education
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 98
- Publish Date: September 26 2020
- ISBN10: 1645422720
- Language: English
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The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy
$63.75 Add to cartRepresenting one of the great traditions of Western philosophy, philosophy written in Arabic and in the Islamic world was inspired by Greek philosophical works and the indigenous ideas of Islamic theo… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy (Hardcover)
- Author: Adamson, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: December 09 2004
- ISBN10: 052152069X
- Language: English
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The Portable Dante
$24.00 Add to cartThe famed Italian poet Dante Alighieri’s two masterworks–The Divine Comedy and La Vita Nuova–in one volume
A Penguin Classic As a philosopher, he wedded classical methods of inquiry to a Christian f- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: July 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0142437549
- Language: English
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Coats of Arms: An Introduction to The Science and Art of Heraldry
$21.95 Add to cartWith full-color pages accessible to readers of any age, this how and why quick-start guide explains knighthood and nobility and royalty, what coats of arms mean, how to create your own, and how to ass
- Author: Fountain, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 42
- Publish Date: September 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1615996958
- Language: English
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White: The History of a Color
$39.95 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of the color white in visual culture, from antiquity to today
As a pigment, white is often thought to represent an absence of color- Author: Pastoureau, Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0691243492
- Language: English
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Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North
$18.00 Add to cartA fascinating collection of medieval Arabic travel writing in an important new translation
Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab explorers journeyed widely and frequently into the far north,… [more below]- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Ibn Fadlan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 31 2012
- ISBN10: 0140455078
- Language: English
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The Canterbury Tales: (Original-Spelling Edition)
$24.00 Add to cartOne of the greatest and most ambitious works in English literature, in the original Middle English
The Canterbury Tales depicts a storytelling competition between pilgrims drawn from all ranks of soci- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1328
- Publish Date: August 30 2005
- ISBN10: 014042234X
- Language: English
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Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel
$18.99 Add to cartFrom bestselling historians Joseph and Frances Gies, whose books have been used by George R.R. Martin as source material for Game of Thrones, comes a classic book on innovation and technological chang
- Series: Medieval Life
- Author: Gies, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0060925817
- Language: English
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The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization
$23.99 Add to cartWas the fall of Rome a great catastrophe that cast the West into darkness for centuries to come? Or, as scholars argue today, was there no crisis at all, but simply a peaceful blending of barbarians i… [more below]
- Author: Ward-Perkins, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0192807285
- Language: English
