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1215: The Year Of Magna Cartaby John Gillingham, Danny DanzigerISBN 0743257782 (0-7432-5778-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: '1215: The Year Of Magna Carta'Book summary:Surveying a broad landscape through a narrow lens, 1215 sweeps readers back eight centuries in an absorbing portrait of life during a time of global upheaval, the ripples of which can still be felt today.
At the center of this fascinating period is the document that has become the root of modern freedom: the Magna Carta. Never before had royal authority been challenged so fundamentally. The Great Charter would become the foundation of the U.S. government and legal system, and nearly eight hundred years later, two of Magna Carta's sixty-three clauses are still a ringing expression of freedom for mankind. But it was also a time of political revolution and domestic change that saw the Crusades, Richard the Lionheart, King John, and -- in legend -- Robin Hood all make their marks on history.
The events leading up to King John's setting his seal to the famous document at Runnymede in June 1215 form this rich and riveting narrative that vividly describes everyday life from castle to countryside, from school to church, and from hunting in the forest to trial by ordeal. For instance, women wore no underwear (though men did), the average temperatures were actually higher than they are now, the austere kitchen at Westminster Abbey allowed each monk two pounds of meat and a gallon of ale per day, and it was possible to travel from Windsor to the Hampshire coast without once leaving the forest.
Broad in scope and rich in detail, 1215 ingeniously illuminates what may have been the most important year of our history. [via]
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Age of Chivalryby National Geographic StaffISBN 0870440756 (0-87044-075-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Age of Chivalry or Legends of King Arthur 1858by Thomas Bulfinch, Edward Everett HaleISBN 0766159167 (0-7661-5916-7)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Age of Chivalry or Legends of King Arthur 1858'Book summary:It is believed that this presentation of a literature which held unrivaled sway over the imaginations of our ancestors, for many centuries, will not be without benefit to the reader, in addition to the amusement it may afford. Found within are the tales of King Arthur and His Knights, The Mabinogeon, Crusades - Robin Hood, and Knights of English History. [via]
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The Axeby Sigrid UndsetISBN 0679752730 (0-679-75273-0)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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The Black Arrowby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0812565622 (0-8125-6562-2)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Black Arrow'Book summary:The Black Arrow is a book written by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. This great novel will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, The Black Arrow is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, this gem by Robert Louis Stevenson is highly recommended. Published by Quill Pen Classics and beautifully produced, The Black Arrow would make an ideal gift and it should be a part of everyone's personal library. [via]
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The Black Arrow : A Tale of the Two Rosesby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0766194779 (0-7661-9477-9)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Black Arrow a Tale of Two Roses'Book summary:1921. From the writer of Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, comes another tale of adventure. This book involves a young Englishman, Dick Shelton, who, in his quest to avenge the death of his father, becomes involved in the band of the Black Arrow and the events of the War of the Roses. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read. [via]
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- The Black Arrow : A Tale of the Two Roses: ISBN 0684188775 (0-684-18877-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - The Black Arrow : A Tale of the Two Roses: ISBN 068418897X (0-684-18897-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - The Black Arrow a Tale of Two Roses: ISBN 0766194779 (0-7661-9477-9)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Rosesby Louis Robert StevensonISBN 0543896609 (0-543-89660-9)
Softcover, Adamant Media
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Bulfinch's Mythologyby BulfinchISBN 0613997441 (0-613-99744-1)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bulfinch's Mythology'Book summary:The classic collection of myths and legendary lore. All major periods of mythology are covered, from Greek and Roman ages to King Arthur. [via]
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Bulfinch's Mythology : The Age of Fable, the Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagneby Thomas BulfinchISBN 0679600469 (0-679-60046-9)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bulfinch's Mythology : The Age of Fable, the Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne'Book summary:For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths; and the age of chivalry have been known.
The stories are divided into three sections: The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (first published in 1855); The Age of Chivalry (1858), which contains King Arthur and His Knights, The Mabinogeon, and The Knights of English History; and Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages (1863). For the Greek myths, Bulfinch drew on Ovid and Virgil, and for the sagas of the north, from Mallet's Northern Antiquities. He provides lively versions of the myths of Zeus and Hera, Venus and Adonis, Daphne and Apollo, and their cohorts on Mount Olympus; the love story of Pygmalion and Galatea; the legends of the Trojan War and the epic wanderings of Ulysses and Aeneas; the joys of Valhalla and the furies of Thor; and the tales of Beowulf and Robin Hood.
The tales are eminently readable. As Bulfinch wrote, "Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. . . . Our book is an attempt to solve this problem, by telling the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement."
Thomas Bulfinch, in his day job, was a clerk in the Merchant's Bank of Boston, an undemanding position that afforded him ample leisure time in which to pursue his other interests. In addition to serving as secretary of the Boston Society of Natural History, he thoroughly researched the myths and legends and copiously cross-referenced them with literature and art. As such, the myths are an indispensable guide to the cultural values of the nineteenth century; however, it is the vigor of the stories themselves that returns generation after generation to Bulfinch.
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Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable/the Legend of Charlemagne/the Age of Chivalryby Thomas Bulfinch, Edmund FullerISBN 0808501186 (0-8085-0118-6)
Hardcover, Dell Yearling
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This editon contains all three volumes.
It is a classic work of mythology. Includes an extensive glossary and detailed table of contents. The original book contains hundreds of pages full of essential information for anyone interested in the study of mythology. [via]More editions of Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable/the Legend of Charlemagne/the Age of Chivalry:
Castle Diaryby Richard Platt, Chris RiddellISBN 0763621641 (0-7636-2164-1)
Softcover, Candlewick Pr
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The Classic Treasury of Bulfinch's Mythologyby Steve Zorn, Giles GreenfieldISBN 0762414979 (0-7624-1497-9)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Classic Treasury of Bulfinch's Mythology'Book summary:Young readers will relish the adventure and magic that fill these legendary tales, retold for readers ages 4 through 8. This exquisite illustrated hardcover contains ten of the most beloved Greek and Roman myths, including The Trojan War, Ulysses, King Midas, Orpheus and Euridice; Medusa, Pegasus, and the Chimera; Hercules, Daedalus, and Icarus; Cupid and Psyche, Baucis and Philemon, and Atalanta. Each story is illustrated with an evocative full-color plate and additional spot art.[via]More editions of The Classic Treasury of Bulfinch's Mythology:
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Complete Mythologyby Thomas BulfinchISBN 060056293X (0-600-56293-X)
Hardcover, Spring Publications, Incorporated
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Courtby Mark Twain, Bernard L. SteinISBN 0520235762 (0-520-23576-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'Book summary:In this biting satire by Twain, a 19th c. Yankee mechanic is knocked out during a brawl, and wakes to find himself in Camelot, A.D. 528, in King Arthur's Court. When the modern mechanic tries to cure society's ills (oppressed peasantry, evil church, etc.) with 19th c. industrial inventions like electricity and gunfire - all hell breaks loose! [via]
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- A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court: ISBN 0543903508 (0-543-90350-8)
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Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: ISBN 0595167969 (0-595-16796-9)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: ISBN 0804900299 (0-8049-0029-9)
Softcover, Airmont Publishing Company, Incorporated - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: ISBN 0520036212 (0-520-03621-2)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: ISBN 0808519476 (0-8085-1947-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: ISBN 0520051092 (0-520-05109-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: ISBN 0812504364 (0-8125-0436-4)
Softcover, Tor Books - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: ISBN 0883012634 (0-88301-263-4)
Softcover, Ags Pub - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: ISBN 0810200635 (0-8102-0063-5)
Hardcover, Chandler Publishing Co - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: ISBN 0895771853 (0-89577-185-3)
Hardcover, Readers Digest - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: ISBN 0520235762 (0-520-23576-2)
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- A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court: ISBN 0543903508 (0-543-90350-8)
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Courtby Trina Schart Hyman, Mark TwainISBN 0688063462 (0-688-06346-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'Book summary:Generations of readers have delighted in the biting social satire and hilarious adventures of the Connecticut Yankee, a nineteenth-century mechanic who suffers a blow to the head and wakes up in King Arthur's Britain. The Yankee soon realizes this is not the gallant world of fairy tales, but a cruel, feudalistic society. Ever resourceful, he sets out to modernize and improve things through an ingenious and funny mix of magic and technology, chivalry and sheer tomfoolery. All the trappings of Arthurian legend are here, from damsels in distress to quests and exciting jousts. But who ever heard of knights riding bicycles, or telephones at Camelot? Mark Twain's humorous yet moving classic now features magnificent illustrations by Caldecott medalist Trina Schart Hyman in a beautiful gift edition that all readers will enjoy. [via]
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The Crucible of Europe: The Ninth and Tenth Centuries in European Historyby Geoffrey BarracloughISBN 0520031180 (0-520-03118-0)
Hardcover, University of California Press
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Cruel As the Grave : A Medieval Mysteryby Sharon Kay PenmanISBN 0805056084 (0-8050-5608-4)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Dante's Purgatorioby Marcus Sanders, Michael F. Meister, Marcia Tanner, Sandow BirkISBN 0811847195 (0-8118-4719-5)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dante's Purgatorio'Book summary:Following the acclaim for their innovative edition of Dante's Inferno, Sandow Birk and Marcus Sanders guide us to the next level of the afterlife in Dante's Purgatorio. The second book of Dante Alighieri's classic poem The Divine Comedy, this version of Purgatorio couples a clever literary adaptation incorporating modern urban speech and contemporary references with powerful illustrations inspired by Gustave Dor's famous engravings. Whereas Inferno was primarily situated in a city that bears a curious resemblance to modern Los Angeles, Purgatorio is set in a surreal San Francisco Bay Area, an outlandish and hopeful milieu for those who have a chance to wash their sins away. Together, the sardonic yet playful combination of text and images comprise a vivid retelling of this masterpiece. [via]
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The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literatureby C. S. LewisISBN 0521477352 (0-521-47735-2)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature'Book summary:C.S. Lewis' The Discarded Image paints a lucid picture of the medieval world view, as historical and cultural background to the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It describes the "image" discarded by later ages as "the medieval synthesis itself, the whole organization of their theology, science and history into a single, complex, harmonious mental model of the universe." This, Lewis' last book, was hailed as "the final memorial to the work of a great scholar and teacher and a wise and noble mind." [via]
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- The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature: ISBN 052109450X (0-521-09450-X)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - The Discarded Image: ISBN 0521055512 (0-521-05551-2)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature: ISBN 0521477352 (0-521-47735-2)
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The Divine Comedyby Dante AlighieriISBN 069101910X (0-691-01910-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:The second part of Dante's classic is presented in the original Italian as well as in a new prose translation, and is accompanied by commentary on the poem's background and allegory. [via]
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The Divine Comedy II Vol. 1 : Purgatorio: Textby Charles S. Singleton, Dante AlighieriISBN 0691019096 (0-691-01909-6)
Softcover, Princeton University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy II Vol. 1 : Purgatorio: Text'Book summary:This splendid verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum provides an entirely fresh experience of Dante's great poem of penance and hope. As Dante ascends the Mount of Purgatory toward the Earthly Paradise and his beloved Beatrice, through "that second kingdom in which the human soul is cleansed of sin, " all the passion and suffering, poetry and philosophy are rendered with the immediacy of a poet of our own age. With extensive notes and commentary prepared especially for this edition.
"The English Dante of choice."--Hugh Kenner.
"Exactly what we have waited for these years, a Dante with clarity, eloquence, terror, and profoundly moving depths."--Robert Fagles, Princeton University.
"Tough and supple, tender and violent . . . vigorous, vernacular . . . Mandelbaum's Dante will stand high among modern translations."-- "The Christian Science Monitor" [via]
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieriby Dante AlighieriISBN 0520045165 (0-520-04516-5)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Early Growth of European Economy: Warriors and Peasants from the Seventh to the Twelfth Centuriesby Georges Duby, Howard B. ClarkeISBN 080149169X (0-8014-9169-X)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kingsby Amy KellyISBN 0674242505 (0-674-24250-5)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings'Book summary:Was there ever a ruler, man or woman, quite as fascinating as Eleanor of Aquitaine? The ruler of France's largest kingdom from the age of 15, Eleanor (1122- 1204) was renowned for beauty, intelligence, and the thoughtful application of power. Her marriage to her second husband, Henry Plantagenet of Normandy, brought her to the English throne; the birth of their sons John Lackland and Richard I Lionheart forever changed the face of medieval European history. Always at the center of her world, Eleanor remains a fascinating figure even today, and Amy Kelly captures the whirlwind of her life in this entrancing biography. [via]
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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kingsby Amy Ruth KellyISBN 0674242548 (0-674-24254-8)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Favorite Medieval Talesby Mary Osborne, Troy HowellISBN 0590600427 (0-590-60042-7)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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A History of Englandby C. Warren HollisterISBN 066904377X (0-669-04377-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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History of the Crusadesby Steven RuncimanISBN 052134770X (0-521-34770-X)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - History of the Crusades: ISBN 0521061636 (0-521-06163-6)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - A History of the Crusades: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem: ISBN 052134770X (0-521-34770-X)
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A History of the Crusades: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusadesby Steven RuncimanISBN 0521347726 (0-521-34772-6)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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A History of Women in the West: Silences of the Middle Agesby Christiane Klapisch-Zuber, Georges Duby, Michelle Perrot, Pauline Schmitt PantelISBN 0674403681 (0-674-40368-1)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of Women in the West: Silences of the Middle Ages'Book summary:Drawing on myriad sources--from the faint traces left by the rocking of a cradle at the site of an early medieval home to an antique illustration of Eve's fall from grace-this second volume in the celebrated series offers new perspectives on women of the past. Twelve distinguished historians from many countries examine the image of women in the masculine mind, their social condition, and their daily experience from the demise of the Roman Empire to the genesis of the Italian Renaissance.
More than in any other era, a medieval woman's place in society was determined by men; her sexuality was perceived as disruptive and dangerous, her proper realm that of the home and cloister. The authors draw upon the writings of bishops and abbots, moralists and merchants, philosophers and legislators, to illuminate how men controlled women's lives. Sumptuary laws regulating feminine dress and ornament, pastoral letters admonishing women to keep silent and remain chaste, and learned treatises with their fantastic theories about women's physiology are fully explored in these pages. As adoration of the Virgin Mary reached full flower by the year 1200, ecclesiastics began to envision motherhood as a holy role; misogyny, however, flourished unrestrained in local proverbs, secular verses, and clerical thought throughout the period.
Were women's fates sealed by the dictates of church and society? The authors investigate legal, economic, and demographic aspects of family and communal life between the sixth and the fifteenth centuries and bring to light the fleeting moments in which women managed to seize some small measure of autonomy over their lives. The notion that courtly love empowered feudal women is discredited in this volume. The pattern of wear on a hearthstone, fingerprints on a terra-cotta pot, and artifacts from everyday life such as scissors, thimbles, spindles, and combs are used to reconstruct in superb detail the commonplace tasks that shaped women's existence inside and outside the home. As in antiquity, male fantasies and fears are evident in art. Yet a growing number of women rendered visions of their own gender in sumptuous tapestries and illuminations. The authors look at the surviving texts of female poets and mystics and document the stirrings of a quiet revolution throughout the West, as a few daring women began to preserve their thoughts in writing.
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A History of Women in the West Vol. 2: Silences of the Middle Agesby Christiane Klapisch-Zuber, Georges Duby, Michelle Perrot, Arthur GoldhammerISBN 0674403711 (0-674-40371-1)
Hardcover, Harvard University Press
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Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Womenby Caroline Walker BynumISBN 0520063295 (0-520-06329-5)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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In Search of the Dark Agesby Michael WoodISBN 0563534311 (0-563-53431-1)
Softcover, Bbc Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Search of the Dark Ages'Book summary:The Dark Ages are often considered a mysterious era. Once paid little interest by scholars, this period has yielded astonishing discoveries about its events and the people who lived through them. Based on the classic BBC television series, In Search of the Dark Ages embarks on an enthralling investigation of the mysterious centuries following the demise of the Roman Empire. Richly illustrated and highly engaging, In Search of the Dark Ages is sure to entertain as well as enlighten.
Coverage includes:
* Archaeological evidence for Queen Bodicea's terrible war of resistance against the Romans
* Evidence for the shadowy resistance leader who fought against the Germanic hordes after the fall of Rome-and who may have been the real King Arthur
* The discovery of the Sutton Hoo, a ship that offers intriguing clues about the origins of English kingdoms
* Ofaa, Alfred, and Althelsan, three great kings who laid England's political foundations
* The pivotal and fateful confrontation between King Harold and William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. [via]More editions of In Search of the Dark Ages:
- In Search of the Dark Ages: ISBN 0816047022 (0-8160-4702-2)
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Hardcover, British Broadcasting Corporation - In Search of the Dark Ages: ISBN 0816016860 (0-8160-1686-0)
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Intellectuals in the Middle Agesby Jacques Le Goff, Teresa Lavender FaganISBN 0631185194 (0-631-18519-4)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Lies! Lies! Lies: A College Journal of John Gardnerby John C. GardnerISBN 0966563921 (0-9665639-2-1)
Softcover, Boa Editions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lies! Lies! Lies: A College Journal of John Gardner'Book summary:Cultural Writing. Autobiography. As a student at DePauw University in 1952, John Gardner kept a notebook to which he gave the seemingly playful title LIES! LIES! LIES! With the journal shaping his discipline, Gardner as a teacher is his own best student. He writes character sketches, scenes, poems, parodies, polemics arguing with critics and teachers -- then tests and questions his own words (he calls the journal LIES! LIES! LIES! To remind himself that his opinions are provisional). Again and again he formulates strategies that he will incarnate in novels ... The journal, then, gives its writer a chance to discover what works and what doesn't -- Thomas Gavin, from the Introduction. The journal is reproduced here in a facsimile edition, preserving the writer's clear and fastidious penmanship, followed by a printed transcription of the text. [via]
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The Love of Learning and the Desire for God: A Study of Monastic Cultureby Jean LeclercqISBN 0823204073 (0-8232-0407-3)
Softcover, Fordham Univ Pr
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Magic in the Middle Agesby Richard KieckheferISBN 0521785766 (0-521-78576-6)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Magic in the Middle Ages'Book summary:This textbook deals with magic, both natural and demonic, within the broad context of medieval culture. Covering the years c. 500 to 1500, with a chapter on antiquity, it invesigates the way magic relates to the many other cultural forms of the time, such as religion and science, literature and art. The book begins with a full discussion of the social history of magic and of the ways in which magical beliefs borrowed from a diversity of cultures. Thereafter, within a wider study of the growth and development of the phenomenon, the author shows how magic served as a point of contact between the popular and elite classes, how the reality of beliefs is reflected in the fiction witchcraft led to changes in the law. The chapter on medieval literature, and how the permagicalsecution of magic and er on necromancy is the most original, based largely on unpublished manuscripts and arguing for a new interpretation of the material. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach Professor Kieckhefer has taken magic from its cultural isolation and placed it firmly at the crossroads of medieval culture, as a focal point for our understanding of many other aspects of medieval history. [via]
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The Making of England: 55 B C to 1399by C. Warren Hollister, Lacey B. SmithISBN 0669244570 (0-669-24457-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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The Making of England to 1399by C. Warren Hollister, Robert C. Stacey, Robin Chapman StaceyISBN 0618001018 (0-618-00101-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Medieval Calligraphy, Its History and Techniqueby Marc DroginISBN 0839002114 (0-8390-0211-4)
Hardcover, Allanheld & Schram
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A Medieval Feastby AlikiISBN 0690042450 (0-690-04245-0)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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The Medieval Machineby Jean GimpelISBN 0575021357 (0-575-02135-7)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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Men of Ironby Howard PyleISBN 0765353482 (0-7653-5348-2)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Monarch Notes on Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Courtby Charles LeavittISBN 067100879X (0-671-00879-X)
Hardcover, Peterson's
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The Paradisoby Dante AlighieriISBN 0553212044 (0-553-21204-4)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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The Perfect Heresy: The Revolutionary Life and Death of the Medieval Catharsby Stephen O'SheaISBN 0802776175 (0-8027-7617-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Perfect Heresy: The Revolutionary Life and Death of the Medieval Cathars'Book summary:Jongleurs performing troubadour poetry in fields and groves frequently dominate our images of Medieval Southern France. While the 12th century reveled in songs of deferred pleasure and adulterous fulfillment, the 13th, as Stephen O'Shea makes clear, took a marked turn toward the violent and intolerant. The Perfect Heresy: The Revolutionary Life and Death of the Medieval Cathars chronicles the Roman Catholic Church's crusade against--and ultimate annihilation of--the Albigenses, or Cathars, a group of heretical Christians who thrived in what is now the Languedoc region of Southern France. The Cathars held revolutionary beliefs that threatened the authority of the church. The world, they maintained, was not created by a benevolent God. Rather, it was the creation of a force of darkness, immanent in all things. They considered worldly authority a fraud, and authority based on some divine sanction, such as claimed by the church, outright hypocrisy. Innocent III, resolved to eradicate the Cathar threat to church authority, recruited the military powers of France, eager to expand their territory to the south. Together, they systematically exterminated the Cathars and their supporters in a series of crusades between 1209 and 1229. The Dominican-led Inquisition that ensued built upon this momentum of intolerance and tormented Europe for centuries to come.
A journalist and translator, Stephen O'Shea relocated to Southern France for two years in order to complete his research. He writes clearly and with evident passion for his subject. Intended for the general reader, The Perfect Heresy includes historical background and explanations without interrupting the narrative flow; there is also an annotated bibliography to facilitate further reading. O'Shea's examination of the Cathars sheds important new light on Medieval France as well as on the timelessness of religious intolerance. --Bertina Loeffler Sedlack [via]
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The Perfect Heresy: The Revolutionary Life and Spectacular Death of the Medieval Catharsby Stephen O'SheaISBN 0802713505 (0-8027-1350-5)
Hardcover, Walker & Company
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A journalist and translator, Stephen O'Shea relocated to Southern France for two years in order to complete his research. He writes clearly and with evident passion for his subject. Intended for the general reader, The Perfect Heresy includes historical background and explanations without interrupting the narrative flow; there is also an annotated bibliography to facilitate further reading. O'Shea's examination of the Cathars sheds important new light on Medieval France as well as on the timelessness of religious intolerance. --Bertina Loeffler Sedlack [via]
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The Potter's Fieldby Ellis PetersISBN 0892964197 (0-89296-419-7)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Purgatorioby Dante AlighieriISBN 055321344X (0-553-21344-X)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - The Purgatorio: ISBN 0691098875 (0-691-09887-5)
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Purgatoryby Anthony M. Esolen, Dante, Gustave DoreISBN 0679642684 (0-679-64268-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Purgatory, the mountain that straightens souls made crooked by the world, is Dantes single most conceptually brilliant creation. Anthony Esolens vivid and innovative new rendering unearths Dantes own voice with unprecedented vigor, accuracy, and a masterly use of English meter. It will set the standard for years to come.
Esolens Introduction incisively explores Dantes theological universe: the nature of Purgatory, how Dante came to invent it, and how Purgatory is finally about restoration, liberation, and friendship. Special features, from an appendix that reproduces key sources to extensive explanatory notes, make this a particularly illuminating edition for both expert and newcomer. [via]More editions of Purgatory:
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Purgatoryby Dante Alighieri, Gustave Dore, Anthony M. EsolenISBN 0812971256 (0-8129-7125-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Written in the fourteenth century by Italian poet and philosopher Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy is arguably the greatest epic poem of all timepresenting Dantes brilliant vision of the three realms of Christian afterlife: Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. In this second and perhaps most imaginative part of his masterwork, Dante struggles up the terraces of Mount Purgatory, still guided by Virgil, in a continuation of his difficult ascent to purity. Anthony Esolens acclaimed translation of Inferno, Princeton professor James Richardson said, follows Dante through all his spectacular range, commanding where he is commanding, wrestling, as he does, with the density and darkness in language and in the soul. It is living writing. This edition of Purgatory includes an appendix of key sources and extensive endnotesan invaluable guide for both general readers and students.More editions of Purgatory:
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Robin Hood of Sherwood Forestby Ann McGovernISBN 0590454412 (0-590-45441-2)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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The Rose Rentby Ellis PetersISBN 0786225696 (0-7862-2569-6)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusadesby Piers ReadISBN 0753810875 (0-7538-1087-5)
Softcover, Phoenix
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades'Book summary:The Knights Templar remain the most glamorous, but also the most mysterious, of all religious organizations. Romanticized by Walter Scott in his novel Ivanhoe and by Wagner in his opera Parsifal, the Templars have been both celebrated as ascetic martyrs, dying for the greater good of Christianity, and condemned as deviant heretics, thieves, and sodomites who sold the Holy Land out to the Muslim Infidels. In his carefully researched study The Templars, the acclaimed novelist Piers Paul Read investigates the truth behind the myth. Placing his account of the rise of the Templars within a wider historical and political context, Read argues that "The Templars were a multinational force engaged in the defence of the Christian concept of a world order: and their demise marks the point when the pursuit of the common good within Christendom became subordinate to the interests of the nation state."
This approach takes Read back into the Dark Ages and the context for the first Christian Crusade, which culminated in the capture of Jerusalem in 1099. In an attempt to hold on to Jerusalem and one of the holiest sites in Christendom, the Temple of Solomon, the Templars were formed as a strict religious-military order, committed to poverty, chastity, and the protection of pilgrims en route to the Holy Land. Read charts their rise to political and financial power and influence throughout Europe and the Holy Land, and their bloody (and ultimately unsuccessful) conflict with the forces of Islam over the subsequent two centuries. Read's account is painstakingly recounted, but often lacks the verve and pace demanded by the colorful cast of characters, including Saladin and Richard the Lionheart. The best sections of the book deal with the shockingly cynical destruction of the Order by Pope Clement V and King Philip the Fair in 1312, preceded by the torture and death of hundreds of Templars who had already fought bravely for the cross in the Holy Land. The Templars are fascinating, but in his attempt to avoid the more colorful and conspiratorial stories associated with the Order, Read's book may strike some as a little turgid, despite its admirable historical detail. --Jerry Brotton, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Those Terrible Middle Ages: Debunking the Mythsby Regine Pernoud, Anne Englund NashISBN 0898707811 (0-89870-781-1)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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