Medieval
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The Ecclesiastical History of the English People/The Greater Ch Ronicle/Bede’s Letter to Egbert
$13.95 Add to cartThe Ecclesiastical History of the English People (731 AD) is Bede’s most famous work. As well as providing the authoritative Colgrave translation of the Ecclesiastical History, this edition includes a… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Bede
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0199537232
- Language: English
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Christian Materiality: An Essay on Religion in Late Medieval Europe
$35.00 Add to cartIn the period between 1150 and 1550, an increasing number of Christians in western Europe made pilgrimage to places where material objects — among them paintings, statues, relics, pieces of wood, ear
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: Bynum, Caroline Walker
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 10 2015
- ISBN10: 1935408119
- Language: English
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The Consolation of Philosophy: With an Introduction and Contemporary Criticism
$8.95 Read moreWritten in the sixth century, The Consolation of Philosophy was one of the most popular and influential works of the Middle Ages. Boethius composed the masterpiece while imprisoned and awaiting the de
- Series: Ignatius Critical Editions
- Author: Boethius, Anicius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: April 25 2012
- ISBN10: 1586174371
- Language: English
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Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
$29.95 Add to cartA captivating account of the legendary empire that made Western civilization possible
Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism–gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herr- Author: Herrin, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0691143692
- Language: English
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The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis Very Short Introduction employs the disciplines of history, religious studies, and anthropology as it illuminates the complexities of Aztec life. Readers meet a people highly skilled in sculpture… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Carrasco, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: December 14 2011
- ISBN10: 0195379381
- Language: English
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Yellow: The History of a Color
$39.95 Read moreFrom the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of yellow from antiquity to the present
In this richly illustrated book, Michel Pastoureau–a renowned authority on the history of- Author: Pastoureau, Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 26 2019
- ISBN10: 069119825X
- Language: English
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On Christian Teaching
$12.95 Add to cartThe De Doctrina Christiana (“On Christian Teaching”) is one of Augustine’s most important works on the classical tradition. Undertaken at the same time as the Confessions, it sheds light on the develo… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Augustine, St
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199540632
- Language: English
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The Alexiad
$22.00 Add to cartA revised edition of a medieval masterpiece–the first narrative history written by a woman
Written between 1143 and 1153 by the daughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, The Alexiad is one o- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Komnene, Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0140455272
- Language: English
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The Owl and the Nightingale: A New Verse Translation
$19.95 Add to cartFrom the UK Poet Laureate and bestselling translator of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a complete verse translation of a spirited and humorous medieval English poem
The Owl and the Nightingale, one- Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation #134
- Author: Armitage, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 0691202168
- Language: English
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The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives of Medieval Manuscripts
$30.00 Add to cartA breathtaking journey into the hidden history of medieval manuscripts, from the Lindisfarne Gospels to the ornate Psalter of Henry VIII
“A delight–immersive, conversational, and intensely visual, ful
- Author: Wellesley, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1541675088
- Language: English
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Blue: The History of a Color
$42.00 Add to cartA beautifully illustrated visual and cultural history of the color blue throughout the ages
Blue has had a long and topsy-turvy history in the Western world. The ancient Greeks scorned it as ugly and- Author: Pastoureau, Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: March 20 2018
- ISBN10: 0691181365
- Language: English
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Study Guide to Beowulf
$12.95 Add to cartA comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Beowulf, considered by some to be representative of the earliest stage in the development of oral poetry. As one of … [more below]
- Series: Bright Notes
- Author: Intelligent Education
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1645420361
- Language: English
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In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times bestseller, In the Wake of the Plague is a fascinating study of the cultural and religious consequences of one of the deadliest tragedies to befall humanity: the black plague. Though … [more below]
- Author: Cantor, Norman F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 17 2015
- ISBN10: 1476797749
- Language: English
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Alfred’s Dynasty: How an Anglo-Saxon King and His Family Defeated the Vikings and Created England
$36.99 Add to cartIn 878, Alfred, king of Wessex was on the verge of oblivion. Trapped on a small island in the Somerset Levels, it seemed as if he and his kingdom were about to be destroyed. Yet within months he had d… [more below]
- Author: Bartlett, W. B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1398110418
- Language: English
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Francis of Assisi: The Life
$14.95 Add to cartThis elegant and accessible biography of one of Catholicism’s most beloved saints was originally published as Part 1 of Francis of Assisi: A New Biography by Augustine Thompson, O.P. It stands alone a
- Author: Thompson, Augustine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0801479061
- Language: English
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The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
$37.43 Add to cart2021 Cundill History Prize Finalist
“Outstanding, original, and revolutionary. Favereau subjec
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year
A Spectator Best Book of the Year
A Five Books Best Book of the Year- Author: Favereau, Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0674244214
- Language: English
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Orlando Furioso
$17.95 Add to cartThe only unabridged prose translation of Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso–a witty parody of the chivalric legends of Charlemagne and the Saracen invasion of France–this version faithfully recaptures the en… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Ariosto, Ludovico
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0199540381
- Language: English
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Purgatorio
$28.99 Add to cartIn the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri set out to write the three volumes which make the up The Divine Comedy. Purgatorio is the second volume in this set and opens with Dante the poet picturing Dante th… [more below]
- Series: Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri #2
- Author: Durling, Robert M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: April 08 2004
- ISBN10: 0195087453
- Language: English
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The Alchemist’s Handbook: A Practical Manual
$18.95 Read more“If you really want to learn the basic principles of practical alchemy, Frater Albertus’ Alchemist’s Handbook is literally is worth its weight in gold.”–from the foreword by Israel Regardie, author o… [more below]
- Series: Weiser Classics
- Author: Albertus, Frater
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1578637651
- Language: English
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The Psychedelic Gospels: The Secret History of Hallucinogens in Christianity
$19.95 Read moreReveals evidence of visionary plants in Christianity and the life of Jesus found in medieval art and biblical scripture–hidden in plain sight for centuries
– Follows the authors’ anthropological adve- Author: Brown, Jerry B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 24 2016
- ISBN10: 1620555026
- Language: English
