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  • 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

    $23.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blood Royal

    Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe

    by Robert Bartlett ...
    Series series
    Throughout medieval Europe, for hundreds of years, monarchy was the way that politics worked in most countries. This meant power was in the hands of a family - a dynasty; that politics was family politics; and political life was shaped by the births, marriages and deaths of the ruling family. How did the dynastic system cope with female rule, or pretenders to the throne? How did dynasties use ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • England under the Norman and Angevin Kings

    1075-1225

    by Robert Bartlett ...
    Series series New Oxford History of England
    This lively and far-reaching account of the politics, religion, and culture of England in the century and a half after the Norman Conquest provides a vivid picture of everyday existence, and increases our understanding of all aspects of medieval society. This was a period in which the ruling dynasty and military aristocracy were deeply enmeshed with the politics and culture of France. Professor ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • History in Flames

    The Destruction and Survival of Medieval Manuscripts

    by Robert Bartlett ...
    To what extent does our knowledge of the past rely upon written sources? And what happens when these sources are destroyed? Focusing on the manuscripts of the Middle Ages, History in Flames explores cases in which large volumes of written material were destroyed during a single day. This destruction didn't occur by accident of fire or flood but by human forces such as arson, shelling and bombing. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Middle Ages and the Movies

    Eight Key Films

    by Robert Bartlett ...
    In The Middle Ages and the Movies eminent historian Robert Bartlett takes a fresh, cogent look at how our view of medieval history has been shaped by eight significant films of the twentieth century. The book ranges from the concoction of sex and nationalism in Mel Gibson’s Braveheart, to Fritz Lang’s silent masterpiece Siegfried, the art-house classic The Seventh Seal to Tarkovsky’s Andrei Rublev ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • The Hanged Man

    A Story of Miracle, Memory, and Colonialism in the Middle Ages

    by Robert Bartlett ...
    Seven hundred years ago, executioners led a Welsh rebel named William Cragh to a wintry hill to be hanged. They placed a noose around his neck, dropped him from the gallows, and later pronounced him dead. But was he dead? While no less than nine eyewitnesses attested to his demise, Cragh later proved to be very much alive, his resurrection attributed to the saintly entreaties of the defunct Bishop ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Africans in the New Testament and Early Christianity

    by Robert Bartlett ...
    Africa in the New Testament and early Christianity is a passion of my heart. When we read about early church and bishops, we often lose sight of where they came from or really who they are. I hope the words of African leaders will inspire the reader to research more into the subject. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • A Time of Darkness

    Book One: Scattering the Ashes

    by Robert Bartlett ...
    In a world that has become dark and cold, Clay Stratford finds himself the unlikely leader of a motley band of survivors as they struggle to scratch out an existence among the hostile aftermath left behind by the eruption of the Yellowstone Caldera. With no electricity, no government, and no help, they push themselves through the hardships of life without modern comforts. Battling the extreme new ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Three Days in Autumn

    by Robert Bartlett ...
    Cole Murphy glides down the road on his custom chopper enjoying the cool autumn serenity of the North Carolina mountains. Harboring a terrible secret, his mind is lost in worrying about the impact that such a secret will have on his life and the lives of his family when he is caught in the maelstrom of a disastrous traffic accident. Losing control of the motorcycle amid the debris that litters the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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    Blood Royal

    Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe

    by Robert Bartlett ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Cowley ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 31 min

    Throughout medieval Europe, for hundreds of years, monarchy was the way that politics worked in most countries. This meant power was in the hands of a family—a dynasty; that politics was family politics; and political life was shaped by the births, marriages and deaths of the ruling family. How did the dynastic system cope with female rule, or pretenders to the throne? How did dynasties use names, ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Last Voyage of the Karluk, The

    by Robert Bartlett, Ralph T. Hale ...
    Narrated by Barry Eads ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 8 min

    Trapped in the frozen Arctic. A ship crushed by ice. A crew fighting to survive against impossible odds.The Last Voyage of the Karluk is a gripping true story of survival, leadership, and human endurance in one of the harshest environments on Earth. When the Karluk becomes locked in Arctic ice during the Canadian Arctic Expedition, what begins as an ambitious scientific mission quickly turns into ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Challenges to Democratic Participation

    Antipolitics, Deliberative Democracy, and Pluralism

    by Elena Alessiato, Walter Baber, Robert Bartlett, Christian Blum, Jonardon Ganeri, Volkan Gül, Vincent Jungkunz, Bruno Serra, Kristof K. P. Vanhoutte ...
    This book gathers a series of studies by scholars who have dedicated these last few years to research in the field of participatory democracy. Their purpose is precisely to engage in a theoretical discussion about the value of participatory democracy in the 21st century.Part I deals with the challenge of antipolitics. This is one of the greatest challenges faced by contemporary democratic theory: ... Read more

    $105.99 USD