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World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age
by William Manchester  Publisher Comments From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative...
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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to Rise of Medieval Europe (Hinges of History)
by Thomas Cahill 
Publisher Comments A delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little known "hinge" of history in which the author shows that the Irish were not only conservators of civilization, but became shapers of the medieval mind, putting their unique stamp on Western...
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The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (P.S.)
by John Kelly Publisher Comments La moria grandissima began its terrible journey across the European and Asian continents in 1347, leaving unimaginable devastation in its wake. Five years later, twenty-five million people were dead, felled by the scourge that would come to be called the...
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God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215
by David Levering Lewis
Powells.com Staff Pick God's Crucible is an eye-opener. It's a finely written history of the early years of Islam. Many westerners will come away from the book with new understandings of the intersection of religions and cultures which spawned the Crusades. Recommended by...
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades (Oxford Illustrated Histories)
by Jonatha Riley Smith Publisher Comments In The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades, the story of the Crusades is told as never before in an engrossing, authoritative, and comprehensive history that ranges from the preaching of the First Crusade in 1095 to the legacy of the crusading...
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Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
by Roger Crowley Publisher Comments In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic struggle between rival empires and faiths...
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Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval Evidence Reinterpreted
by Susan Reynolds Publisher Comments Fiefs and Vassals is a book that will change our view of the medieval world. Offering a fundamental challenge to orthodox conceptions of feudalism, Susan Reynolds argues that the concepts of fiefs and vassalage that have been central to the understanding...
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Medieval Family
by Frances Gies Book News Annotation Drawing on a the written legacy of a Norfolk, England familyletters that date back five centuriesthis work presents the family's story, largely in their own words from 1420 through the 1500s. Originally published clothbound in 1998. Annotation c. Book...
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The Central Middle Ages: (Short Oxford History of Europe)
by Daniel Power Publisher Comments The period from the late tenth to the early fourteenth centuries was one of the most dynamic in European history. Latin Christendom found a new confidence which has left its mark upon the landscape in the form of the great cathedrals and castles, while...
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Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade
by James Reston Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-395) and index....
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Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe
by Thomas Cahill Publisher Comments After the long period of cultural decline known as the Dark Ages, Europe experienced a rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science and began to develop a vision of Western society that remains at the heart of Western civilization...
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A Brief History of the Normans: The Conquests That Changed the Face of Europe
by Francois Neveux Publisher Comments The history of the Normans began long before 1066 A.D. Originating from the “Norsemen,” they were one of the most successful warrior tribes of the Dark Ages dominating Europe from the Baltic Sea to the island of Sicily and the borders of...
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New Concise History of the Crusades (05 Edition)
by Thomas F. Madden Publisher Comments In this sweeping yet crisp history, the author offers a brilliant and compelling narrative of the Crusades and their contemporary relevance....
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Holy War : Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World ((Rev)01 Edition)
by Karen Armstrong Publisher Comments In 1095, with the tomb of Jesus still in the hands of infidels and the Byzantine empire overrun by Muslim Turks, Pope Urban II summoned Christian warriors to take up the cross and their swords against the Turks and then recover the holy city of Jerusalem...
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Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
by Terry Jones Publisher Comments Famous for lampooning the medieval world in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail, "Terry Jones has a real passion for and detailed knowledge of the Middle Ages. In "Terry Jones' Medieval Lives," his mission is to rescue the Middle Ages from moth-eaten...
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A Most Holy War: The Albigensian Crusade and the Battle for Christendom
by Mark Gregory Pegg Publisher Comments Historian Pegg has produced a swift-moving, gripping narrative of a horrific crusade, drawing in part on thousands of testimonies collected by inquisitors in the years 1235 to 1245. These accounts of ordinary men and women bring the story vividly to life....
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The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Medieval World (Penguin Historical Atlas)
by Andrew Jotischky Publisher Comments "The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Medieval World" traces the development of peoples, cultures, and faiths between the coming of the barbarian invasions in the fourth century and the first voyages to the New World in the sixteenth. This colorful atlas...
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Feudal Society, Volume 2: Social Classes and Political Organization
by Marc Bloch Publisher Comments "Few have set themselves to the formidable task of reconstructing and analyzing a whole human environment; fewer still have succeeded. Bloch dared to do this and was successful; therein lies the enduring achievement of Feudal Society."—Charles...
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Charlemagne: The Formation of a European Identity
by Rosamond Mckitterick Publisher Comments Charlemagne is often claimed as the greatest ruler in Europe before Napoleon. In this magisterial new study, Rosamond McKitterick re-examines Charlemagne the ruler and his reputation. She analyses the narrative representations of Charlemagne produced...
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Kingdoms and Communities in Western Europe 900-1300
by Susan Reynolds Publisher Comments Contending that medieval attitudes and behavior have been too readily defined in terms of hierarchical structures of government, clerical thought, and a narrow notion of kinship, Reynolds streses the powerful horizontal bonds of association that...
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