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  • A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law

    by Jeffrey Love, Inger Larsson, Ulrika Djärv, Christine Peel, Erik Simensen ...
    This volume is an indispensable resource for scholars and students of medieval Scandinavia. This polyglot dictionary draws on the vast and vibrant range of vernacular legal terminology found in medieval Scandinavian texts – terminology which yields valuable insights into the quotidian realities of crime and retribution; the processes, application and execution of laws; and the cultural and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Older Gulathing Law

    Edited by Erik Simensen ...
    Series series Routledge Medieval Translations
    The Gulathing Law regulates relations between the social classes, the king and his officers, the clergy, and the peasantry. Parts of the law appear to be a social contract between two parties: on the one hand the people, on the other hand the church and the king.This new edition, in modern English, contains many references to research that has been carried out since the appearance of previous ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

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  • The Vikings and Their Enemies

    Warfare in Northern Europe, 750?1100

    by Philip Line ...
    A fresh account of some of history's greatest warriors.The Vikings had an extraordinary and far-reaching historical impact. From the eighth to the eleventh centuries, they ranged across Europe-raiding, exploring, colonizing-and their presence was felt as far away as Russia and Byzantium. They are most famous as warriors, yet perhaps their talent for warfare is too little understood. Philip Line, ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • The Hammer and the Cross

    A New History of the Vikings

    by Robert Ferguson ...
    For those living outside Scandinavia, the Viking Age effectively began in 793 with an attack on the monastery at Lindisfarne. The attack on Lindisfarne was a characteristically violent harbinger of what was in store for Britain and much of Europe from the Vikings for the next 300 years, until the final destruction of the heathen temple to the Norse gods at Uppsala around 1090.Robert Ferguson is a ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Age of the Vikings

    by Anders Winroth ...
    A major reassessment of the vikings and their legacyThe Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. But they also settled peacefully and traveled far from their homelands in swift and sturdy ships to explore. The Age of the Vikings tells the full story of this exciting period in history. ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Black Death

    A Personal History

    by John Hatcher ...
    A unique blend of history and docudrama that "looks at the lives of ordinary people during the Black Death . . . as a third of Europe's population was wiped out." — Publishers WeeklyIn this fresh approach to the history of the Black Death, John Hatcher, a world-renowned scholar of the Middle Ages, recreates everyday life in a mid-fourteenth century rural English village, Walsham de Willows, as the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Viking Age Iceland

    by Jesse Byock ...
    Medieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defence forces, no king, no lords, no peasants and few battles. It should have been a utopia yet its literature is dominated by brutality and killing. The reasons for this, argues Jesse Byock, lie in the underlying structures and cultural codes of the islands' social order. 'Viking Age Iceland' is an engaging, multi ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Winters in the World

    A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year

    by Eleanor Parker ...
    Winters in the World is a beautifully observed journey through the cycle of the year in Anglo-Saxon England, exploring not only the rituals and customs linked to the different seasons, but the profound relationship between human life and the rhythms of nature. Eleanor Parker provides an imaginative connection to the Anglo-Saxon world, tracing the surprising history of its festivals – many of which ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Jewish Peril.

    Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion.

    by Unknown ...
    Series series Elibron Classics
    Elibron Classics. Replica of 1920 edition by The Britons, London.The Protocols of the Elders of Zion or The Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion is an antisemitic hoax purporting to describe a Jewish plan for global domination. It was first published in Russia in 1903, translated into multiple languages, and disseminated internationally in the early part of the 20th century. ... Read more

    $9.93 CAD

  • Knights Templar: Lost Secrets Revealed 

    by World History ...
    Series Book 1 - The Greatest Mysteries of History
    Historians find the Middle Ages a period shrouded in mystery. On the one hand, sources speak of greedy kings and corrupt popes who flourished during a time of widespread hunger, disease and servitude. On the other, nobler thoughts began to flourish. Led by their blind faith in the word of god, holy orders of knights attempted to protect the weak.The most powerful was the Knights Templar, loved by ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England

    by Saint the Venerable Bede ...
    The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, written by the Venerable Bede in the 8th century, is a history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally; its main focus is on the conflict between the pre-Schism Roman Rite and Celtic Christianity. It was originally composed in Latin, is considered to be one of the most important original references on Anglo-Saxon history and ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Iceland Saga

    by Magnus Magnusson ...
    Magnus Magnusson relates the world-famous Icelandic sagas to the spectacular living landscapes of today, taking the reader on a literary tour of the mountains, valleys, and fjords where the heroes and heroines of the sagas lived out their eventful lives. He also tells the story of the first Viking settler, Ingolfur Anarson. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus