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The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Davis Publisher Comments The Inventive Peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost persuaded the learned judges at the Parlement of Toulouse, when on a summer's day in 1560 a man swaggered into the court on a wooden leg, denounced Arnaud, and reestablished his claim to the identity... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life by Alison Weir Publisher Comments Eleanor of Aquitaine was a complex, boldly original woman who transcended the mores of her society. In this stunning biography, Alison Weir paints a vibrant portrait of this truly exceptional queen, and provides new insights into her private life. With... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings by Amy Kelly Publisher Comments This account of Queen Eleanor and her century is offered as a study of individuals who set their stamp upon the events of their time, rather than as a study of developing systems of politics, economics, or jurisprudence.... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Lady and the Virgin: Image, Attitude, and Experience in Twelfth-Century France by Penny Schine Gold Publisher Comments Penny Schine Gold provides a bold analysis of key literary and artistic images of women in the Middle Ages and the relationship between these images and the actual experience of women. She argues that the complex interactions between men and women as... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $25.44 Google eBooks - Electronic
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France in the Middle Ages 987-1460 by Georges Duby Publisher Comments In this book, now available in paperback, he examines the history of France from the rise of the Capetians in the mid-tenth century to the execution of Joan of Arc in the mid-fifteenth. He takes the evolution of power and the emergence of the French... (read more) List Price $53.95 Your price: $15.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mays of Ventadorn (National Geographic Directions) by W S Merwin Publisher Comments Featuring works by some of the world's most prominent and highly regarded literary figures, Directions captures the spirit of travel and of place, bringing fresh perspective and renewed excitement to the art of travel writing.... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Richelieu and Mazarin (Lancaster Pamphlets) by Geoffrey Treasure Publisher Comments "Richelieu and Mazarin" compares these two striking, but very different, statesmen and assesses their careers and achievements in light of modern research. Exploring all aspects of the two men's careers from their historical background, personal... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A fool and his money :life in a partitioned town in fourteenth-century France by Ann Wroe Publisher Comments Ann Wroe brings to life a rich and perplexing culture of a city physically divided-as so many communities are today-by political factions in this skillful re-creation of fourteenth-century Rodez. Notes, bibliography.... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Europe's Physician: The Various Life of Sir Theodore de Mayerne by Hugh Trevor Roper Publisher Comments Among the papers of Hugh Trevor-Roper, who died in 2003, was a manuscript to which he had repeatedly turned for more than thirty years, but never published. Attracted by the diverse life and vivid personality of Sir Theodore de Mayerne (1573-1655), the... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $15.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Knights and Peasants: The Hundred Years War in the French Countryside (Warfare in History) by Nicholas Wright Publisher Comments This work examines the soldier-peasant relationship in the context of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453), aiming to bring out more closely the realities of the situation. It seeks an understanding of different attitudes: how aristocratic soldiers... (read more) List Price $54.00 Your price: $37.00 Used - Hardcover
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Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years War (Greenwood Guides to Historic Events of the Medieval World) by Deborah A Fraioli Publisher Comments When in Henry II of England married Eleanor of Aquitaine of France in 1154 A.D., he became at once the reigning sovereign over a vast stretch of land extending across all of England and half of France—and yet, according to the feudal hierarchy of... (read more) List Price $58.25 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years War by Deborah A. Fraioli Publisher Comments Collects essays on the life of Joan of Arc, discussing her role in the Hundred Years War between France and England, and includes chronologies, genealogies, biographies of key players, and transcripts of primary documents.... (read more) List Price $46.95 Your price: $41.67 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism by Marina Warner Publisher Comments a fresh, cross-disciplinary examination of what's known about Joan's short life and how it has been interpreted by historians, artists, and writers over the centuries since her death.... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Eleanor of Aquitaine By the Wrath of God by Alison Weir Publisher Comments Eleanor of Aquitaine was a remarkable woman. She was an important factor in the reign of four kings, lived to the ripe old age of 82, bore 10 children and outlived all but two of them. Her sons were kings of England and her daughters queens of Castile... (read more) Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Joan of Arc : a Life (00 Edition) by Mary Gordon Publisher Comments ? A master of the story form? (The New York Times) offers a fresh, revealing portrait of the legendary saint Celebrated novelist Mary Gordon brings Joan of Arc alive as a complex figure full of contradictions and desires, as well as spiritual devotion. A... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen of the Troubadours by Jean Markale Publisher Comments Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204) has long been noted for her political and cultural achievements. But her greatest influence, still shaping modern sensibilities, was her role as the symbol of courtly love, which was not a mere diversion for the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Feudal Society in Medieval France: Documents from the County of Champagne (Middle Ages) by Theodore Evergates Publisher Comments Theodore Evergates has assembled, translated, and annotated some two hundred documents from the country of Champagne into a sourcebook that focuses on the political, economic, and legal workings of a feudal society, uncovering the details of private life... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Master and Minerva by Helen Solterer Publisher Comments Can words do damage? For medieval culture, the answer was unambiguously yes. And as Helen Solterer contends, in French medieval culture the representation of women exemplified the use of injurious language. Solterer investigates the debates over women... (read more) List Price $37.25 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Serpent and the Moon: Two Rivals for the Love of a Renaissance King by Princess Michael Publisher Comments Set against the stunning backdrop of Renaissance France, The Serpent and the Moon is a true story of love, war, intrigue, betrayal, and persecution. At its heart is one of the world's greatest love stories: the lifelong devotion of King Henri II of... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Serpent and the Moon: Two Rivals for the Love of a Renaissance King by Princess Michael Of Publisher Comments Set against the stunning backdrop of Renaissance France and peopled by the titans of European history, The Serpent and the Moon is a true story of love, war, intrigue, betrayal, and persecution. At its heart is one of the world's great love stories: the... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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