Religious wars in the Holy Land Completed circa 1474, Seacute;bastien Mamerotrsquo;s lavishly illustrated manuscript is the only contemporary document to capture four centuries of French...
Marked by C. Warren Hollister's clear historical vision and engaging teaching style, this classic text has been judiciously revised by Judith Bennett; the tenth edition includes greater...
"Saladin" represents the best kind of biography a portrait of a man who is said to have made an age, and the most complete account we have to date of an age that made the man. The result is...
The medieval garden offered pleasure, reopse, and refreshmen to the senses. In this delightful new book, garden historian and lecturer Sylvia Landsberg uses manuscript descriptions and other...
A comprehensive account of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 examines the end of the Byzantine Empire and of the medieval era in light of the rise of two separate...
In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into...
Viking marauders in their longships burst through the defences of ninth-century Europe, striking terror into the hearts of peasants and rulers alike for two centuries. But the Vikings were...
Subtitled, }Charlemagne & The Carolingian Empire{. Looks into the mythical life of Charlemagne, who was crowned king of the Franks in 768 and created modern Europe
Authoritative, highly illustrated history and guide to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 written by two leading medieval military historians. This is essential reading and reference for anyone...
For a thousand years an extraordinary empire made possible Europe's transition to the modern world: Byzantium. An audacious and resilient but now little-known society, it combined orthodox...
Genghis Khan was the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including China, the Middle East and Russia. So how did an...
On 30 March 1282, as the bells of Palermo were ringing for Vespers, the Sicilian townsfolk, crying 'Death to the French', slaughtered the garrison and administration of their Angevin King....
Takes us on a journey to a misty region inhabited by Hallfred the Troublesome Poet, Harald Bluetooth, Ragnar Hairy-Breeches, Ivar the Boneless and Eyvind the Plagiarist, in wh
Subtitled, }The End Of The World & The Forging Of Christendom{. An account of the birth of the new Western Europe, which emerged in the year 1000. But compared to the glittering empires...
A sparkling new translation of one of the greatest travel books ever written: Marco Polo's seminal account of his journeys in the east.
Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time....
This is a book about why medieval manuscripts matter. Coming face to face with an important illuminated manuscript in the original is like meeting a very famous person. We may all pretend...
Beknopt geïllustreerd overzicht waarin over de periode 1000-1500 gelijktijdige ontwikkelingen bij de belangrijkste beschavingen naast elkaar worden behandeld.
Among the most beautiful and evocative buildings in the whole of Christendom are the monasteries of Western Europe. In this exploration of the age of monasticism, Christopher Brooke examines...
Do ut des, or 'I give so you may give', is the adage that constitutes the principle of reciprocal relations in past and present societies. This social mechanism is a crucial agent of social...
NEW LOWER PRICE A Companion to Medieval Arms and Armour covers the entire period from the fifth to the fifteenth century, a thousand years which saw huge changes in military technology in...
![Feudalism - F.L. Ganshof, F.M. Stenton [Foreword] (ISBN 058248216x)](/images/cached/resample/jpg/data/uploads/148/230/cms_visual_1482148.jpg_1601386528000_148x230.jpg "Feudalism - F.L. Ganshof, F.M. Stenton [Foreword] (ISBN 058248216x)")
