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  • The Military Orders Volume IV

    On Land and By Sea

    Edited by Judi Upton-Ward ...
    Series series The Military Orders
    In the last two decades there has been an explosion of scholarly interest in the Military Orders. With a history stretching from the early twelfth century to the present day, they were among the richest and most powerful orders of the church in medieval Europe. They founded their own states in Prussia and on the Mediterranean islands of Rhodes and Malta. They are of concern to historians of the ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

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  • Medieval Europe

    by Chris Wickham ...
    A spirited history of the changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages: "A dazzling race through a complex millennium."— Publishers WeeklyThe millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period—one not easily chronicled within the scope of a few hundred pages. Yet distinguished historian Chris ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • A Brief History of the Knights Templar

    by Professor in Medieval History Helen Nicholson ...
    Series series Brief Histories
    Much has been written about the Knights Templar in recent years. A leading specialist in the history of this legendary medieval order now writes a full account of the Knights of the Order of the Temple of Solomon, to give them their full title, bringing the latest findings to a general audience. Putting many of the myths finally to rest, Nicholson recounts a new history of these storm troopers of ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Knight in History

    by Frances Gies ...
    Series series Medieval Life
    A magisterial history of the origins, reality, and legend of the knight“A carefully researched, concise, readable, and entertaining account of an institution that remains a part of the Western imagination.” —Los Angeles TimesBorn out of the chaos of the early Middle Ages, the armored and highly mobile knight revolutionized warfare and quickly became a mythic figure in history. From the Knights ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Reformation

    The Story of Civilization, Volume VI

    by Will Durant ...
    Series series The Story of Civilization
    The Story of Civilization, Volume VI: A history of European civilization from Wyclif to Calvin: 1300–1564. This is the sixth volume of the classic, Pulitzer Prize–winning series.An engrossing volume on the European Reformation by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Will DurantThe sixth volume of Durant’s acclaimed Story of Civilization, The Reformation chronicles the history of European civilization ... Read more

    $19.50 CAD

  • Pilgrimage

    by Jonathan Sumption ...
    In a fascinating work of history, Jonathan Sumption brings alive the traditions of pilgrimage prevalent in Europe from the beginning of Christianity to the end of the fifteenth century. Vividly describing such major destinations as Jerusalem, Rome, Santiago de Compostela and Canterbury, he examines both major figures - popes, kings, queens, scholars, villains - and the common people of their day. ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Charles V

    The World Emperor

    by Harald Kleinschmidt ...
    In his biography of Charles V Harald Kleidschmidt paints a vivid portrait of one of the most intriguing of the great European monarchs. ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Plan a Crusade

    Reason and Religious War in the High Middle Ages

    by Christopher Tyerman ...
    'Wonderfully written and characteristically brilliant' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'Elegant, readable ... an impressive synthesis ... Not many historians could have done it' - Jonathan Sumption, Spectator'Tyerman's book is fascinating not just for what it has to tell us about the Crusades, but for the mirror it holds up to today's religious extremism' - Tom Holland, SpectatorT... ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?

    Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation

    by Robert Bartlett ...
    "An indispensable point of departure for anyone interested in the cult of the saints in the Middle Ages." —Eamon Duffy, The New York Review of BooksFrom its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints—the holy dead. This ambitious history tells the fascinating story of the cult of the saints from its origins in the second-century days ... Read more

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  • The Age of Chivalry

    The Story of Medieval Europe, 950 to 1450

    by Hywel Williams ...
    The five hundred years that separate the mid-tenth century from the mid-15th century constitute a critical and formative period in the history of Europe.This was the age of the system of legal and military obligation known as 'feudalism', and of the birth and consolidation of powerful kingdoms in England, France and Spain; it was an era of urbanization and the expansion of trade, of the building ... Read more

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  • Blondel's Song

    The capture, Imprisonment and Ransom of Richard the Lionheart

    by David Boyle ...
    On his way back from the crusades, one of England's most famous and romantic medieval kings was ship-wrecked and stranded near Venice. Trying to make his way home in disguise, he was arrested and imprisoned and effectively disappeared. He didn't return home for another fifteen months, and at enormous cost - a quarter of the entire wealth of England was paid to win his release.The extraordinary ... Read more

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  • The De Re Militari of Vegetius

    The Reception, Transmission and Legacy of a Roman Text in the Middle Ages

    by Christopher Allmand ...
    Vegetius' late Roman text became a well-known and highly respected 'classic' in the Middle Ages, transformed by its readers into the authority on the waging of war. Christopher Allmand analyses the medieval afterlife of the De Re Militari, tracing the growing interest in the text from the Carolingian world to the late Middle Ages, suggesting how the written word may have influenced the development ... Read more

    $56.99 CAD