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The History of the Holy War : Ambroise's Estoire de La Guerre Sainte'
Marianne Ailes
Hardcover - $285.95
The Estoire de la Guerre Sainte, an early example of vernacular chronicle, by the Norman poet Ambroise, presents an eye-witness account of the Third Crusade (1188-92) in a highly-polished rhetorical style. Central is the character of Richard the Lion ...
Nobles and Nobility in Medieval Europe : Concepts, Origins, Transformations
Stuart Airlie
Paperback - $75.95
The great strength of this collection is its wide range...a valuable work for anyone interested in the social aspects of the medieval nobility. CHOICE Articles on the origins and nature of 'nobility', its relationship with the late Roman world, its a ...
The Hundred Years War : England and France at War C.1300-C.1450
Christopher Allmand
Paperback - $69.95
This is a comparative study of how the societies of late medieval England and France reacted to the long period of conflict between them commonly known as the Hundred Years War. Beginning within outline of the events of the war, the book continues wi ...
Medieval Concepts of the Past : Ritual, Memory, Historiography
Gerd Althoff
Hardcover - $210.95
Medieval Concepts of the Past shows how the history of the Middle Ages is being reshaped by leading medieval historians in Germany and the United States in light of cultural and social-scientific investigations into ritual, language, and memory. Thes ...
Most Excellent and Famous History of the Most Renowned Knight Amadis of Greece, Surnamed the Knight of the Burning Sword
Amadis of Greece
Paperback - $42.95
This work presents the history of Amadis of Greece, son to Lisvart of Greece and the fair Onoloria of Trebisond, representing his education in the court of King Magadan, his conquering of the defended mountain, his combat with his grandfather the Emp ...
People and Identity in Ostrogothic Italy, 489-554
Patrick Amory
Hardcover - $359.95
The barbarians of the fifth and sixth centuries were long thought to be races, tribes or ethnic groups who toppled the Roman Empire. This book proposes a new view, through a case study of the Goths of Italy between 489 and 554. The author suggests wh ...
The Secret of Natural Readers : How Preschool Children Learn to Read
ADA Anbar
Hardcover - $84.95
It has been recognized since the 1980s that literacy begins to develop a long time before formal schooling begins. In today's literate environment, children start learning to read much as they learn to speak, through playful print interactions with t ...
The Templars : A Complete Introduction to the Legendary Monk Warriors
Andrea Press
Paperback - $54.95
A magnificent 54 pages soft-cover book on the life and times of the Templars. Illustrated with over 25 original colour drawings.More than 25 colour photographs of equipment and weapons. Includes historical timelines.
Church and Society in Byzantium Under the Comneni, 1081-1261
Michael Angold
Paperback - $105.95
In this major study the theme of "church and society" provides a means of examining the condition of the Byzantine Empire at an important period of its history, up to and well beyond the fall of Constantinople in 1204.