Medieval
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The Kitchen Knight: A Tale of King Arthur
$8.99 Add to cartThe creators of the Caldecott Medal book, Saint George and the Dragon, tell the Arthurian tale of Sir Gareth of Orkney’s first adventure.
The Knights of the Round Table were in their glory. When an u… [more below]- Author: Hodges, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 15 2007
- ISBN10: 0823410633
- Language: English
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The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found
$21.00 Read moreAfter the fall of Rome, as civilizations collapsed and libraries burned, ancient knowledge that would eventually fuel the Renaissance was at risk of being lost. This thrilling history tracks three cru… [more below]
- Author: Moller, Violet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1101974060
- Language: English
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The Knight Who Gave Us King Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory, Knight Hospitaller
$21.95 Read moreRarely does serious, scholarly, peer-reviewed research into the life of a historic person uncover a factual story like this one, as intriguing as modern mystery-adventure fiction. For centuries, reade
- Author: Lampp Linton Ph. D., Cecelia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 20, 2023
- ISBN10: 9798986815725
- Language: English
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Cities of Women
$30.99 Add to cartVerity Frazier, dissatisfied with her own life, pushes past the point of obsession to prove the existence of a certain female artist in the fifteenth century.
- Author: Jones, Kathleen B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1684429994
- Language: English
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How to Live Like a Monk: Medieval Wisdom for Modern Life
$24.95 Add to cartWe know that they prayed, sang, and wore long robes, but what was it really like to be a monk? Though monastic living may seem unimaginable to us moderns, it has relevance for today. This book illumin
- Author: Cybulskie, Danièle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 078921413X
- Language: English
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Castle: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
$21.99 Add to cartA 1978 Caldecott Honor Book
The word itself conjures up mystery, romance, intrigue, and grandeur. What could be more perfect for an author/illustrator who has continually stripped away the mystique o- Author: Macaulay, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: November 05 2013
- ISBN10: 0544102266
- Language: English
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Paradise
$18.00 Add to cart“If there is any justice in the world of books, Esolen’s] will be the standard Dante . . . for some time to come.”-Robert Royal, Crisis
In this, the concluding volume of The Divine Comedy, Dante asce- Series: Divine Comedy
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 13 2007
- ISBN10: 0812977262
- Language: English
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The Poetic Edda Six Cosmology Poems
$18.00 Add to cartThe Edda poems were written down in the Old Norse language by Icelandic scholars during the 11th to 13th centuries AD. They contain a poetical, metaphorical lore about Cosmos and the fate of mortals o
- Author: Kvilhaug, Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 122
- Publish Date: May 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1959350129
- Language: English
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Jesus Through Medieval Eyes: Beholding Christ with the Artists, Mystics, and Theologians of the Middle Ages
$29.99 Read moreJesus through Medieval Eyes will take you on an exploration of medieval representations of Jesus in theology and literature.
Who is Jesus? What is he like? And who am I, encountering Jesus? These quest
- Author: Hamman, Grace
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 031014583X
- Language: English
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DK Super Readers Level 4 Knights and Castles
$4.99 Read moreHelp your child power up their reading skills and learn all about magnificent medieval fortresses and the people who lived in them with this fun-filled nonfiction reader carefully leveled to help chil… [more below]
- Series: DK Super Readers
- Author: DK
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 074406760X
- Language: English
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Catholica: The Visual Culture of Catholicism
$35.00 Add to cartFocusing on a carefully curated selection of Catholic art and artifacts, this volume explores the influence of iconography and the mystic power of a range of ritual objects. Expert Suzanna Ivanic iden
- Series: Religious and Spiritual Imagery #1
- Author: Ivanic, Suzanna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0500252548
- Language: English
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Pearl: A New Verse Translation
$14.95 Add to cartOne of our most ingenious interpreters of Middle English, Oxford Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage is celebrated for his “compulsively readable” translations (New York Times Book Review). A perfect c… [more below]
- Author: Armitage, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 14 2017
- ISBN10: 1631492543
- Language: English
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The Kalevala
$15.95 Add to cartThe Kalevala is the great Finnish epic, which like the Iliad and the Odyssey, grew out of a rich oral tradition with prehistoric roots. During the first millennium of our era, speakers of Uralic langu… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: L?nnrot, Elias
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: February 15 2009
- ISBN10: 199538867
- Language: English
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Guts & Glory: The Vikings
$10.99 Add to cartHistory comes alive for kids like no textbook can in this epic account of the time of the Vikings that’s perfect for history buffs and reluctant readers Contains awesome illustrations
From battle-a- Series: Guts & Glory #2
- Author: Thompson, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0316320579
- Language: English
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A History of the Island
$26.95 Add to cart“A masterpiece by one of Europe’s finest contemporary novelists.” – Rowan Williams
Longlisted for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award
Monks devious and devout – and an age-defying royal pair – chronicle the
- Author: Vodolazkin, Eugene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1636080685
- Language: English
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Catherine, Called Birdy Movie Tie-In Edition
$9.99 Add to cartRead the book behind Lena Dunham’s acclaimed new movie! This historical fiction classic, told in the form of a diary, has drawn in generations of readers and is a Newbery Honor Book.
Catherine feels t
- Author: Cushman, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0063289016
- Language: English
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The Book of Boy: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
$9.99 Add to cartA Newbery Honor Book * Booklist Editors’ Choice * BookPage Best Books * Chicago Public Library Best Fiction * Horn Book Fanfare * Kirkus Reviews Best Books * Publishers Weekly Best Books * Wall Street
- Author: Murdock, Catherine Gilbert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 0062686216
- Language: English
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The Other Empress
$19.99 Add to cartn this exciting novel from USA Today best-selling author Amanda Roberts, the story of the slow march toward the fall of the Qing Dynasty comes to life in vivid detail, revealing a world of love, sex,
- Series: A Qing Court Novel #1
- Author: Roberts, Amanda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 474
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1732438374
- Language: English
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Court of Dragons
$29.99 Add to cartAs a daughter of the Dragon Court, Wren knows three truths: never show weakness, pay the tithe, and never trust the elves.
When the enemy strikes on the eve of her wedding, Wren has no choice but to f
- Author: Kay, Frost
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: November 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1736709054
- Language: English
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The Poetic Edda
$24.95 Add to cart“She sees, coming up a second time,
After the terrible conflagration of Ragnaro
earth from the ocean, eternally green;
the waterfalls plunge, an eagle soars above them,
over the mountain hunting fish.”- Series: Oxford World’s Classics Hardback Collection
- Author: Larrington, Carolyne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198834578
- Language: English
