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1066, The Year of the Conquest
• David Howarth
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A crack medievalist and storyteller, Howarth brings to life the momentous events of 1066 in rich, anecdotal history -- a classic portrait of the Norman invasion and conquest of England.
(GBR115, $14.00)
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The Age of the Cathedrals, Art and Society 980-1420
• Georges Duby
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The definitive historical study of the building of the great cathedrals. French scholar Duby, writing very accessibly, describes the cathedrals themselves, and the philosophical, religious, and political climate that enabled them to be built.
(EUR01, $28.00)
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The Autumn of the Middle Ages
• Johan Huizinga
• HISTORY
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A pioneering work of social and cultural history, this well-translated classic is a richly detailed portrait of life, thought and art in 14th- and 15th-century France and the Netherlands.
(EUR17, $28.00)
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The Bayeux Tapestry
• David Wilson
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated, full-color reproduction of the Bayeux Tapestry, whose colorful embroidery and Latin text tell the story of the Norman victory over England in 1066. The reproduction shows the detailed stitches clearly and is enhanced by Wilson's accompanying text.
(FRN445, $50.00)
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Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages
• Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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This pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages features hundreds of drawings, color illustrations and a brief chronology.
(MED07, $12.95)
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The Confession of Saint Patrick, And Letter to Coroticus
• Saint Patrick
• John Skinner
• John O'Donohue
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The autobiography of the patron saint of Ireland, a short collection of his memories and ideas on the Christian faith written in the fifth century.
(IRE102, $6.95)
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A Day in a Medieval City
• Chiara Frugoni
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Frugoni's sketch of a single day in the homes, markets, fields and shops of 13th-century village is enhanced by well-chosen illustrations.
(EUR251, $20.00)
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Early Christian and Byzantine Art
• John Lowden
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated guide to the architectural heritage of the early Christian period (860-1453), with a survey of the philosophy and intellectual climate of the time.
(EUR23, $24.95)
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Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe
• Henri Pirenne
• HISTORY
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Pirenne, an important economic historian, traces the economic and social development of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the middle of the 15th century in this classic book, first published in 1936.
(EUR18, $15.95)
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Germany in the High Middle Ages, 1050-1200
• Horst Fuhrmann
• HISTORY
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A masterly survey of German development through the first three crusades and the rise of the kingdom of Germany.
(GER31, $45.00)
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The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
• Robert A. Scott
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs.
(EUR190, $19.95)
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The Greenlanders
• Jane Smiley
• LITERATURE
• FAVORITE
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This marvelously researched novel recreates life in the Viking settlements in Greenland.
(ARC08, $15.95)
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A History of Medieval Spain
• Joseph F. O'Callaghan
• HISTORY
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A detailed history of the Medieval kingdoms of Iberia.
(SPN10, $29.95)
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How the Irish Saved Civilization
• Thomas Cahill
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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This best-selling history tells the generally unknown story of Ireland's preservation of classical learning in the Dark Ages.
(IRE07, $15.00)
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
• Victor Hugo
• LITERATURE
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The compelling story of a deformed bell-ringer set in medieval France.
(FRN124, $5.95)
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In a Dark Wood Wandering, A Novel of the Middle Ages
• Hella Haasse
• LITERATURE
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With a cast of thousands including Joan of Arc and the Dukes of Burgundy, this 1949 historical novel renders the political intrigue, people and texture of 15th-century Europe. Haasse captures medieval court life during the Hundred Years War.
(FRN86, $21.95)
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The Letters of Abelard and Heloise
• Peter Abelard
• Betty Radice
• HISTORY
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The correspondence of the famous 12th-century lovers, translated from the medieval French. This Penguin Classic edition translated by Betty Radice. Peter Abelard's "Historia Calamitatum" is a classic.
(FRN75, $15.00)
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Life of St. Columba
• Adomnan of Iona
• Richard Sharpe
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An early account of the life of St. Columba (521-97), the 6th-century abbot who established the monastery on Iona. Written by Adomnan of Iona at the turn of the 8th century, it introduces the profoundly spiritual man as well as his famous abbey.
(IRE103, $17.00)
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The Mongols (Peoples of Europe)
• David Morgan
• HISTORY
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A short, readable treatment of the medieval Mongols, their administration, military, religion and economy. Includes chapters on the predecessors of the Mongols in Central Asia, Chinghiz Khan's rise to power, and the Mongols in China, Russia and Persia.
(MGL15, $34.95)
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Mont Saint Michel and Chartres
• Henry Brooks Adams
• HISTORY
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First published at the turn of the century, this classic work is a meditation on the Medieval world as reflected through its most famous religious structures.
(FRN44, $17.00)
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Mysteries of the Middle Ages, And the Beginning of the Modern World
• Thomas Cahill
• HISTORY
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Cahill deftly evokes the historic glories of the major medieval (and the places they frequented) in this illuminating overview of philosophy, art and literature.
(EUR239, $22.00)
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The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History
• Colin McEvedy
• HISTORY
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McEvedy deftly sketches the culture, history and society of Medieval Europe in this slim historical atlas.
(EUR240, $15.00)
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The Pillars of the Earth
• Ken Follett
• LITERATURE
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Set in 12th-century England, this best-selling epic of kings and peasants is also a surpisingly detailed, gripping account of the building of a magnificent Gothic cathedral.
(GBR226, $22.00)
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
• Brian Stone
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Probably the most famous of the romantic tales of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, this is the 14th-century poem of chivalry and heroism that inspired many others in its wake.
(GBR247, $10.00)
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The Story of the Moors in Spain
• Stanley Lane-Poole
• HISTORY
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A wonderfully readable, sweeping tale of splendor and tragedy, first published in 1866.
(SPN12, $18.95)
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Sun Dancing, A Vision of Medieval Ireland
• Geoffrey Moorhouse
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This wonderfully inspired combination of scholarship and historical fiction, set at the monastery on Skellig Michael, carries the reader back to Ireland's early monastic tradition.
(IRE13, $17.95)
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Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, The Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades
• Piers Paul Read
• HISTORY
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A history of the Knights Templar from their formation immediately following the First Crusade to their forced disbandment under the jealouss auspices of Pope Clement V and King Philip IV of France.
(EUR192, $15.95)
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Two Lives of Charlemagne
• Nofker the Stammerer Einhard
• Lewis G.M. Thorpe
• HISTORY
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Two 8th-century histories of Charlemagne and his military conquests. Both present a vivid account of his life and times, already establishing him as a legendary character.
(FRN77, $15.00)
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A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age
• William Manchester
• HISTORY
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Organized into sections on the Renaissance, Reformation and Discovery, Manchester's popular history evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, including Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther.
(EUR06, $15.99)
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The Wreath
• Sigrid Undset
• Tina Nunnally
• LITERATURE
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A romantic masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian author, first published in 1927. The first volume in Undset's trilogy of historical novels recreating a woman's life during the Middle Ages in devoutly Catholic Norway. Also available are the other two parts of the trilogy, "The Mistress of Husaby" (NOR16) and "The Cross" (NOR17).
(NOR10, $15.00)
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