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  • The Axe and the Oath

    Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages

    Translated by Lydia G. Cochrane ...
    In The Axe and the Oath, one of the world's leading medieval historians presents a compelling picture of daily life in the Middle Ages as it was experienced by ordinary people. Writing for general readers, Robert Fossier vividly describes how these vulnerable people confronted life, from birth to death, including childhood, marriage, work, sex, food, illness, religion, and the natural world. While ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • Medieval Life

    Manners, Customs & Dress During the Middle Ages

    by Paul Lacroix ...
    Medieval Life describes in meticulous yet vivid detail, the manners, customs and dress during the Middle Ages and Renaissance period. Wide ranging in its coverage, it provides a complete picture of what it must have been like to be alive at this momentous point in history.Wonderfully illustrated, it is a veritable treasure-trove of information about virtually every aspect of existence - commerce ... Read more

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  • Life in a Medieval Castle

    Series series Medieval Life
    The definitive classic used as a source for Game of Thrones: "The Gieses succeed in making a remote and unfamiliar world accessible." — Kirkus ReviewsA bestseller by two widely respected historians, Joseph and Frances Gies's Life in a Medieval Castle remains a timeless work of popular medieval scholarship.Focusing on Chepstow, an English castle on the Welsh border that survived the turbulent ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • German Gourmania

    Series series Food Fare Culinary Collection
    "German Gourmania" contains a brief history of Germany, information about German dishes, German beer and other spirits, cheese, traditions, common food words, German recipes and links for further study."German Gourmania" is Book #5 in Food Fare's Culinary Collection. Recipes in "German Gourmania" are also freely available at the Food Fare web site. ... Read more

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  • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

    Translated by James Henry Ingram

    by Anonymous ...
    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original manuscript of the Chronicle was created late in the 9th century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of Alfred the Great. Multiple copies were made of that original which were distributed to monasteries across England, where they were independently updated. In one case, the ... Read more

    $5.29 USD

  • 1066: History in an Hour

    by Kaye Jones ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.During the year 1066, England had three different kings and fought three huge battles in defence of the realm, including the bloody Battle of Hastings. The result was the Norman Conquest which defined England during the Middle Ages.1066 in an Hour will guide you through the politics and personalities of the Norman invasion. It will help you ... Read more

    $5.49 USD

  • Death of a Squire

    A Templar Knight Mystery

    by Maureen Ash ...
    Series Book 2 - A Templar Knight Mystery
    When a squire's body is found hanging from a tree, Templar Bascot de Marins is given the task of unearthing the truth before an unprecedented meeting of kings at Lincoln Castle. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Cooking Before 1800 - 12 books

    This multi-book file includes: Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine by W. Carew Hazlitt, 1902; The Forme of Cury, a Roll of Ancient English Cookery, complied about 1390 by the master-cooks of Richard II; Chocolate of an Indian Drinke by Captain James Wadsworth, 1652; The Compleat Cook, 1658; The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened, 1669; A Queens Delight or The Art of Preserving Conserving ... Read more

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  • Forged

    Writing in the Name of God--Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are

    Bart D. Ehrman, the New York Times bestselling author of Jesus, Interrupted and God’s Problem reveals which books in the Bible’s New Testament were not passed down by Jesus’s disciples, but were instead forged by other hands—and why this centuries-hidden scandal is far more significant than many scholars are willing to admit. A controversial work of historical reporting in the tradition of Elaine ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Lady Queen

    The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily

    The riveting history of a beautiful queen, a shocking murder, a papal trial -- and a reign as triumphant as any in the Middle Ages.On March 15, 1348, twenty-two-year-old Joanna I, Queen of Naples, stood trial for the murder of her husband before the Pope and his court in Avignon. Determined to defend herself, Joanna won her acquittal against overwhelming odds. Victorious, she returned to Naples ... Read more

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  • The Life of Charlemagne (Illustrated)

    by Einhard ...
    Charles I or Charlemagne united most of Western Europe during the Middle Ages and laid the foundations for modern France and Germany. He was the first recognized Roman emperor in the West since the collapse of the Roman Empire three centuries earlier and ruled absolutely over a vast domain for thirteen years.Einhard’s biography of the Carolingian Empire’s founder The Life of Charlemagne: Vita ... Read more

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  • Hung Lou Meng; or The Dream of the Red Chamber

    by Cao Xequin ...
    Hung Lou Meng ,or The Dream of the Red Chamber, also called The Story of the Stone, composed by Cao Xueqin, is one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. It was written sometime in the middle of the 18th century during the Qing Dynasty. Long considered a masterpiece of Chinese literature, the novel is generally acknowledged to be the pinnacle of Chinese fiction. The novel is an 18th-century saga, ... Read more

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