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Ecclesiastical History, Books 1-3
Bede
Hardcover - $52.95
Bede 'the Venerable, ' English theologian and historian, was born in AD 672 or 673 in the territory of the single monastery at Wearmouth and Jarrow. He was ordained deacon (691-2) and priest (702-3) of the monastery, where his whole life was spent in ...
Was the Bayeux Tapestry Made in France? : The Case for St. Florent of Saumur
George Beech
Hardcover - $158.95
This book presents the hypothesis that the Bayeux tapestry, long believed to have been made in England, came from the Loire valley in France, from the abbey of St. Florent of Saumur. This is based on a number of different kinds of evidence, the most ...
Medieval Education
Ronald B. Begley
Hardcover - $138.95
This volume offers original studies on the subject ofmedieval education, not only in the formal academicsense typical of schools and universities but also in abroader cultural sense that includes law, liturgy, and the newreligious orders of the high ...
Diplomatics in the Eastern Mediterranean 1000-1500 : Aspects of Cross-Cultural Communication
Alexander D. Beihammer
Hardcover - $343.95
The Varangians of Byzantium
Benedict Benedikz
Paperback - $96.95
An aura of romance has clung about the Varangians for over six centuries. This book examines how the Norsemen came to be drawn into the Imperial service until the greatest of all the Emperors of the East, Basil II, formed them into the regiment of gu ...
The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela : Travels in the Middle Ages
Benjamin of Tudela
Paperback - $32.95
A first-hand impression, independent of political and clerical influences, of life in the Middle Ages from Spain east to Egypt. This book sheds new light on European and "Oriental" life and conditions, allowing the reader to learn of the advanced con ...
Life on the English Manor : A Study of Peasant Conditions 1150-1400
H. S. Bennett
Paperback - $138.95
Mr. Bennett gives a picture of the daily and yearly round of the English peasant in the Middle Ages. he explains the feudal system which linked the poor man to the soil and to the service of the lord and the church in a pattern of customary dues and ...
A Medieval Life : Cecilia Penifader of Brigstock, c. 1295-1344
Judith M. Bennett
Paperback - $38.95
This history of medieval village life is told through the experiences of Cecilia Penifader, a peasant woman who lived on one English manor in the early fourteenth century. This truly unique book offers a wealth of insight into medieval peasant societ ...