Chronological Period/Medieval (500-1453) Studies
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White: The History of a Color
$39.95 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of the color white in visual culture, from antiquity to today
As a pigment, white is often thought to represent an absence of color- Author: Pastoureau, Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0691243492
- Language: English
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Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North
$18.00 Add to cartA fascinating collection of medieval Arabic travel writing in an important new translation
Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab explorers journeyed widely and frequently into the far north,… [more below]- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Ibn Fadlan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 31 2012
- ISBN10: 0140455078
- Language: English
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The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World
$21.99 Read moreThe creator of the hit podcast series Tides of History and Fall of Rome explores the four explosive decades between 1490 and 1530, bringing to life the dramatic and deeply human story of how the West
- Author: Wyman, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1538701197
- Language: English
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The Canterbury Tales: (Original-Spelling Edition)
$24.00 Add to cartOne of the greatest and most ambitious works in English literature, in the original Middle English
The Canterbury Tales depicts a storytelling competition between pilgrims drawn from all ranks of soci- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1328
- Publish Date: August 30 2005
- ISBN10: 014042234X
- Language: English
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Court of Swans
$16.99 Add to cartWhere there is wealth and power, there’s always someone willing to do anything to take it. When Delia’s father dies, her stepmother accuses her seven brothers of treasonous crimes. Seeking to free the
- Author: Dickerson, Melanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0840711166
- Language: English
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Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel
$18.99 Add to cartFrom bestselling historians Joseph and Frances Gies, whose books have been used by George R.R. Martin as source material for Game of Thrones, comes a classic book on innovation and technological chang
- Series: Medieval Life
- Author: Gies, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0060925817
- Language: English
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The Greek Myths That Shape the Way We Think
$34.95 Add to cartHow do ancient Greek myths find themselves retold and reinterpreted in cultures across the world, several millennia later? In this volume, bestselling author Richard Buxton explores the power that eig
- Series: Myths That Shape the Way We Think #1
- Author: Buxton, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0500518807
- Language: English
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The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization
$23.99 Add to cartWas the fall of Rome a great catastrophe that cast the West into darkness for centuries to come? Or, as scholars argue today, was there no crisis at all, but simply a peaceful blending of barbarians i… [more below]
- Author: Ward-Perkins, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0192807285
- Language: English
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The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry
$24.00 Add to cartEdited by Ilya Kaminsky and Susan Harris of Words Without Borders, The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry offers a selection of the finest international poetry from the 20th century in the best En
- Author: Kaminsky, Ilya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: March 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0061583243
- Language: English
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The Boleyns of Hever Castle
$27.99 Add to cartHever Castle is a picture-postcard fortified manor house nestled in the Kent countryside. It is famous for its links with the Boleyns, an East Anglian gentry family who rose and fell dramatically at t
- Author: Emmerson, Owen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: August 01 2021
- ISBN10: 8412232569
- Language: English
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A Medieval Life: Cecilia Penifader and the World of English Peasants Before the Plague
$29.95 Add to cartA Medieval Life offers a biography of one woman, a portrait of her world, and an introduction to historical method.
A Medieval Life offers a biography of one woman, a portrait of her world, and an in- Series: Middle Ages
- Author: Bennett, Judith M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0812224698
- Language: English
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Readings in World Christian History: Volume 1: Earliest Christianity to 1453
$44.00 Add to cartThrough the advice of many scholars of Christian origins the selections here include texts that show students how Christianity developed and was lived in Asia, Africa, and the Mediterranean. These tex… [more below]
- Author: Sterk, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 435
- Publish Date: May 25 2004
- ISBN10: 1570755205
- Language: English
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In the Serpent’s Wake
$12.99 Read moreFrom the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Seraphina comes a piercing new fantasy-adventure that champions our resilience and humility.
MIND OF THE WORLD, OPEN YOUR EYES. At the bottom of- Author: Hartman, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: February 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 1101931353
- Language: English
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Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes, 1250-1743
$80.00 Add to cartA magnificent, never-before-published collection of every painting and fresco on display in the Uffizi, the Galleria Palatina of the Pitti Palace, the Accademia, and the Duomo, and more — nearly 2,00… [more below]
- Author: King, Ross
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 696
- Publish Date: October 20 2015
- ISBN10: 1631910019
- Language: English
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Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error
$37.95 Add to cartWith a new introduction by author Le Roy Ladurie, this special paperback edition offers a fascinating history of a fourteenth-century village, Montaillou, in the mountainous region of southern France,… [more below]
- Author: Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 410
- Publish Date: October 29 2008
- ISBN10: 0807616133
- Language: English
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The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs
$35.00 Read moreThis major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West.
The Ottoman Empire has long been depicted as the Islamic, Asian antithesis of the- Author: Baer, Marc David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: October 05, 2021
- ISBN10: 1541673808
- Language: English
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Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
$49.92 Add to cartA riveting history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman Empire
At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new c- Author: Herrin, Judith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 27 2020
- ISBN10: 0691153434
- Language: English
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The Queen’s Resistance
$15.99 Add to cartFrom Rebecca Ross, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals, comes the captivating sequel to the Renaissance France-inspired epic fantasy The Queen’s Rising.
Brienna is a mistress of knowl
- Series: Queen’s Rising #2
- Author: Ross, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 26 2020
- ISBN10: 0062471392
- Language: English
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A Good Life: Benedict’s Guide to Everyday Joy
$16.99 Add to cart“There is no shortage of good days,” writes Annie Dillard. “It is good lives that are hard to come by.” Reflecting on what makes a “good life,” Robert Benson offers a warmhearted, humorous guide to en
- Author: Benson, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 85
- Publish Date: April 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1557253560
- Language: English
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Queens of the Age of Chivalry
$22.00 Add to cartPacked with dramatic true stories from one of European history’s most romantic and turbulent eras, this epic narrative chronicles the five vividly rendered queens of the Plantagenet kings who ruled En… [more below]
- Series: England’s Medieval Queens
- Author: Weir, Alison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1101966742
- Language: English
