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  • The Remaking of the Medieval World, 1204

    The Fourth Crusade

    by John J. Giebfried, Kyle C. Lincoln ...
    Series series Reacting to the Past™
    The Remaking of the Medieval World, 1204 allows students to understand and experience one of the greatest medieval atrocities, the sack of the Constantinople by a crusader army, and the subsequent reshaping of the Byzantine Empire. The game includes debates on issues such as “just war” and the nature of crusading, feudalism, trade rights, and the relationship between secular and religious ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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  • Heroes of History

    A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age

    by Will Durant ...
    In the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces The Story of Civilization and The Lessons of History, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Will Durant traces the lives and ideas of those who have helped to define civilization, from its dawn to the beginning of the modern world.Heroes of History is a book of life-enhancing wisdom and optimism, complete with Durant's wit, knowledge, and unique ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Secrets of the Knights Templar

    The Hidden History of the World's Most Powerful Order

    by Susie Hodge ...
    The Knights Templar are one of the most secretive and powerful religious orders in history: for over two centuries they were the elite fighting force of the Crusades. Highly trained, and adhering to a strict chivalric code, their success on the battlefield brought them both wealth and political influence. But it is the legends and secrecy surrounding the order and its Grand Masters that continue ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Alaric the Goth

    An Outsider's History of the Fall of Rome

    by Douglas Boin ...
    Denied citizenship by the Roman Empire, a soldier named Alaric changed history by unleashing a surprise attack on the capital city of an unjust empire.Stigmatized and relegated to the margins of Roman society, the Goths were violent “barbarians” who destroyed “civilization,” at least in the conventional story of Rome’s collapse. But a slight shift of perspective brings their history, and ours, ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Age of Faith

    The Story of Civilization, Volume IV

    by Will Durant ...
    Series series The Story of Civilization
    The Story of Civilization, Volume IV: A history of medieval civilization—Christian, Islamic, and Judaic—from Constantine to Dante: A.D. 325-1300. This is the fourth volume of the classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning series. ... Read more

    Was $16.99 CAD Now $14.99 CAD

  • The Little Book of Saints

    by Christine Barrely, Saskia Leblon, Laure Péraudin, Stéphane Trieulet ...
    Learn about the lives and works of over eighty saints in this collection, featuring ninety-two colorfully illustrated holy cards.How does Saint Christopher keep us safe when we travel? Why is Saint Patrick always depicted with a nest of snakes? How did Cecilia come to be the patron saint of music? These wonders and more are explained in this treasure of a book. The perfect book for the devout or ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Byzantium

    The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire

    by Judith Herrin ...
    A captivating account of the legendary empire that made Western civilization possibleByzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism—gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization. Avoiding a standard chronological account of the Byzantine Empire's millennium—long history, she identifies the fundamental questions about ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Middle Ages

    Explore the Turbulent Times and Events of This Extraordinary Era

    by Timothy C. Hall M.A. ...
    Shed some light on one of history’s darkest periods.The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to the Middle Ages gives readers the beginning, middle, and end of the era, starting with the fall of the Roman Empire in the year 550 and ending with the Renaissance in 1500—and covers some uncomfortable similarities between the so-called “Dark Ages” and today’s “modern world.”- A fascinating, fact-filled book that ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Ravenna

    Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe

    by Judith Herrin ...
    A riveting history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman EmpireAt the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildings and astonishing mosaics. For ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

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  • The Fourth Crusade

    And the Sack of Constantinople

    by Jonathan Phillips ...
    In April 1204, the armies of Western Christendom wrote another bloodstained chapter in the history of holy war. Two years earlier, aflame with religious zeal, the Fourth Crusade set out to free Jerusalem from the grip of Islam. But after a dramatic series of events, the crusaders turned their weapons against the Christian city of Constantinople, the heart of the Byzantine Empire and the greatest ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Stupor Mundi

    The Life & Times of Frederick II, Emperor of the Romans, King of Sicily and Jerusalem

    by Lionel Allshorn ...
    THE arrogant and defiant assertion that man is the supreme controller of his own destinies can hardly be applied, even by the most rebellious intelligence, to those mortals who rule over the kingdoms of the world. However great the personality of a monarch may be, the success or failure of his reign and the magnitude of his power are governed by the temper and tendencies of his age. Our own Henry ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Constantine and the Conversion of Europe

    by A. H. M. Jones ...
    From his influence on economics and governance to his pivotal role in popularising Christianity, this is a compelling exploration of the transformative reign of Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 AD.Constantine the Great (c. 272–337) was a pivotal figure in the history of both the Roman Empire and Christianity. The first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, he eradicated ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus