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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Anonymous
Paperback - $32.95
Originally compiled on the orders of King Alfred the Great, approximately A.D. 890, and subsequently maintained and added to by generations of anonymous scribes until the middle of the 12th Century. The original language is Anglo-Saxon (Old English), ...
Holy War : The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World
Karen Armstrong
Paperback - $27.95
Karen Armstrong, bestselling author of A History of God," skillfully narrates this history of the Crusades with a view toward their profound and continuing influence.
In 1095 Pope Urban II summoned Christian warriors to take up the cross and reco ...
The Vikings : Culture and Conquest
Martin Arnold
Hardcover - $54.95
Piecing together commentaries from sources contemporary to the Viking Age, archaeological findings, and later histories to give a full picture of era, this history is a concise and clear survey of who the Vikings were, what they did, why they did it, ...
The Vikings : Wolves of War
Martin Arnold
Paperback - $48.95
This concise and balanced history traces the 300-year saga of the pirates and warlords who poured out of Scandinavia between the eighth and eleventh centuries, terrorizing, conquering, and ultimately settling vast stretches of Europe. Martin Arnold p ...
The Mind of the Middle Ages : An Historical Survey
Frederick B. Artz
Paperback - $70.95
"This is the third edition of a near standard survey of the intellectual life of the age of faith. Artz on the arts, as on philosophy, politics and other aspects of culture, makes lively and informative reading."--"The Washington Post"
The First Crusade : A New History
Thomas Asbridge
Paperback - $30.95
The chilling reverberations of the brutal First Crusade still echo in the world today, as revealed in this gripping account of the titanic, three-year adventure. Maps.
The Discovery of King Arthur
Geoffrey Ashe
Paperback - $24.95
Myths, legends, and literary mysteries mix with maps, relics, and historical facts in "The Discovery of King Arthur. Scholars, students, and general readers of all ages have wondered--for centuries--about whether Britain was ever really ruled by an A ...