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  • Thomas Becket and His World

    by Michael Staunton ...
    Series Book 15 - Medieval Lives
    This book explores the turbulent life and violent death of Thomas Becket, one of the most controversial figures of the Middle Ages. From a London merchant’s son to royal chancellor and archbishop of Canterbury, Becket’s murder in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 elevated him to England’s most celebrated saint. Michael Staunton looks at Becket’s complex and contested legacy, drawing from ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • The Historians of Angevin England

    by Michael Staunton ...
    The Historians of Angevin England is a study of the explosion of creativity in historical writing in England in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, and what this tells us about the writing of history in the middle ages. Many of those who wrote history under the Angevin kings of England chose as their subject the events of their own time, and explained that they did so simply because ... Read more

    $115.19 USD

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  • The Knights Templar

    by Mark Naples ...
    Mystery surrounds virtually every aspect of the Templar story, from their origins in the aftermath of the First Crusade, through their rise to supreme wealth and power - dominating medieval Europe for nearly two centuries - to their abrupt and dramatic suppression. Ferociously punished for alleged heresy and depravity at the beginning of the 14th century, their story is believed to have ended ... Read more

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  • Thomas Becket

    Warrior, Priest, Rebel

    by John Guy ...
    A revisionist new biography reintroducing readers to one of the most subversive figures in English history—the man who sought to reform a nation, dared to defy his king, and laid down his life to defend his sacred honorNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KANSAS CITY STAR AND BLOOMBERGBecket’s life story has been often told but never so incisively reexamined and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Knights Templar Encyclopedia

    The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of the Order of the Temple

    by Karen Ralls ...
    This authoritative sourcebook offers comprehensive information on Knights Templar history, symbols, key figures, unanswered questions, and more.Who were the Knights Templar? And how did they become the wealthiest multinational corporation in the medieval West? These powerful crusaders of the late Middle Ages remain a source of fascination for their mysterious ways and their far-reaching influence. ... Read more

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  • The War On Heresy

    Faith and Power in Medieval Europe

    by Professor R. I. Moore ...
    The great war on heresy obsessed medieval Europe in the centuries after the first millennium. R. I. Moore's vivid narrative focuses on the motives and anxieties of those who declared and conducted the war: what were the beliefs and practices they saw as heretical? How might such beliefs have arisen? And why were they such a threat?In western Europe at AD 1000 heresy had barely been heard of. Yet ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Henry VIII

    The Tudor Tyrant

    by Richard Rex ...
    An accessible biography of Henry VIII by one of the country's leading Tudor experts. The future Henry VIII was born on 29 June 1491, the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. This talented, athletic and temperamental man might have proved something of a handful to his elder brother, Prince Arthur, the firstborn, had he survived to wear the crown. But Henry's life was changed forever when ... Read more

    $8.59 USD

  • A Freemason's Guide to the Knights Templar in Scotland

    by James ...
    In recent years there have been many bookswritten on the part that the Order of the Temple(Knights Templar) may have played in thefounding of Freemasonry.Some of these books have been fanciful in theextreme, others have put forward some reasonablearguments. This book does not dispute any of those arguments, but puts forward the facts as they are known in the written record. ... Read more

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  • Going to Church in Medieval England

    by Nicholas Orme ...
    An engaging, richly illustrated account of parish churches and churchgoers in England, from the Anglo-Saxons to the mid-sixteenth centuryParish churches were at the heart of English religious and social life in the Middle Ages and the sixteenth century. In this comprehensive study, Nicholas Orme shows how they came into existence, who staffed them, and how their buildings were used. He explains ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Medieval Ireland (New Gill History of Ireland 1)

    The Enduring Tradition – Ireland from the Coming of Christianity to the Reformation

    by Michael Richter ...
    Series Book 1 - New Gill History of Ireland
    Medieval Ireland – The Enduring Tradition, the first instalment in the New Gill History of Ireland series, offers an overview of Irish history from the coming of Christianity in the fifth century to the Reformation in the sixteenth, concentrating on Ireland's cultural and social life and highlighting Irish society's inherent stability in an very unstable period. Such a broad survey reveals ... Read more

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  • Life in a Medieval Monastery

    The Monks of Durham Cathedral

    by Anne Boyd ...
    A fascinating glimpse into the world of Medieval Monasticism.Durham Cathedral is one of the most complete sets of monastic buildings in Europe, housing clues to the life of a prominent and thriving medieval Benedictine community.Through its buildings, and the books, treasures and records housed within, the world of Durham’s monastic past comes alive once more, offering clues to the history of this ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • From Memory to Written Record

    England 1066 - 1307

    by Michael T. Clanchy ...
    This seminal work of scholarship, which traces the development of literacy in medieval England, is now fully updated in a third edition.This book serves as an introduction to medieval books and documents for graduate students throughout the worldFeatures a completely re-written first chapter, ‘Memories and Myths of the Norman Conquest', and a new postscript by the author reflecting on the ... Read more

    $38.00 USD