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  • From Scythia to Camelot

    A Radical Reassessment of the Legends of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, and the Holy Grail

    Series series Arthurian Characters and Themes
    This volume boldly proposes that the core of the Arthurian and Holy Grail traditions derived not from Celtic mythology, but rather from the folklore of the peoples of ancient Scythia (what are now the South Russian and Ukrainian steppes). Also includes 19 maps. ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

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  • Femina

    A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It

    **THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 CUNDIL HISTORY PRIZEA "Next Big Idea Book Club" Must ReadA groundbreaking reappraisal of medieval femininity, revealing why women have been written out of history and why it matters**The Middle Ages are seen as a bloodthirsty time of Vikings, saints and kings; a patriarchal society that oppressed and excluded women. But when we dig a little ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • The True History of Merlin the Magician

    A medieval historian examines what we really know about the man who was "Merlin the Magician" and his impact on Britain.Merlin has remained an enthralling and curious individual since he was first introduced in the twelfth century in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. But although the Merlin of literature and Arthurian myth is well known, his "historical" figure and his relation to ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Marriage and the Family in the Middle Ages

    de Frances Gies ...
    Series series Medieval Life
    From bestselling historians Frances and Joseph Gies, authors of the classic “Medieval Life” series, comes this compelling, lucid, and highly readable account of the family unit as it evolved throughout the Medieval period—reissued for the first time in decades.“Some particular books that I found useful for Game of Thrones and its sequels deserve mention. Life in a Medieval Castle and Life in a ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • A Brief History of the Knights Templar

    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 ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • The Knight in History

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • The Rise of Western Christendom

    Triumph and Diversity, A.D. 200-1000

    de Peter Brown ...
    Series Libro 3 - Making of Europe
    This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity's first thousand years of history features a new preface, additional color images, and an updated bibliography. The essential general survey of medieval European Christendom, Brown's vivid prose charts the compelling and tumultuous rise of an institution that came to wield enormous religious and secular power.Clear ... Leer más

    $46.00 USD

  • The Chalice of Magdalene

    The Search for the Cup That Held the Blood of Christ

    Reveals the discovery of an artifact that many experts believe may be the Holy Grail• Traces the journey of the Grail from the Holy Land to Rome and eventually to a ruined chapel in Shropshire, England• Uncovers new evidence identifying the historical King Arthur and his connection to the Holy GrailThe popular Arthurian stories of the Middle Ages depict the Holy Grail as Christ’s cup from the Last ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?

    Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation

    "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 ... Leer más

    $23.79 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A History of Pagan Europe

    The first comprehensive study of its kind, this fully illustrated book establishes Paganism as a persistent force in European history with a profound influence on modern thinking.From the serpent goddesses of ancient Crete to modern nature-worship and the restoration of the indigenous religions of eastern Europe, this wide-ranging book offers a rewarding new perspective of European history.In this ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Medieval Writings on Secular Women

    'Woman, who is equal to the moon in the flower of youth,Is equal to a little old ape after the onset of old age'This remarkable collection brings together a host of writings from across different regions and cultures of the Middle Ages, from the ninth to the fifteenth century. They are arranged to follow the life stages of a Medieval woman living a secular existence, from infancy and girlhood, ... Leer más

    $14.29 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend

    Edición de Elizabeth Archibald, Ad Putter ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    For more than a thousand years, the adventures of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table have been retold across Europe. They have inspired some of the most important works of European literature, particularly in the medieval period: the romances of Chrétien de Troyes, Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. In the nineteenth ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD