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The Habsburgs

To Rule the World

par Martyn Rady ...

The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries—from their rise to power to their eventual downfall.**"A feat of both scholarship and storytelling." —**Wall Street JournalIn The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built—and then lost—over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs gained control of the Holy ... En savoir plus

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The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries—from their rise to power to their eventual downfall.**"A feat of both scholarship and storytelling." —**Wall Street JournalIn The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built—and then lost—over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs gained control of the Holy
... En savoir plus
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts

Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World

par Christopher de Hamel ...

**An extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world's leading experts.Winner of The Wolfson History Prize and The Duff Cooper Prize.A San Francisco Chronicle Holiday Book Gift Guide Pick!**Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is a captivating examination of twelve illuminated manuscripts from the medieval period. Noted ... En savoir plus

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**An extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world's leading experts.Winner of The Wolfson History Prize and The Duff Cooper Prize.A San Francisco Chronicle Holiday Book Gift Guide Pick!**Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is a captivating examination of twelve illuminated manuscripts from the medieval period. Noted
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A Brief History of the Battle of Agincourt

par Christopher Hibbert ...

Collections series Brief Histories
There can be few military victories so complete, or achieved against such heavy odds, as that won by Henry V on 25 October 1415 against Charles VI's army at Agincourt. In the words of one contemporary French chronicler, it was the 'most disgraceful event that had ever happened to the Kingdom of France'.Christopher Hibbert's wonderfully concise account draws on the unusual number of contemporary ... En savoir plus

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There can be few military victories so complete, or achieved against such heavy odds, as that won by Henry V on 25 October 1415 against Charles VI's army at Agincourt. In the words of one contemporary French chronicler, it was the 'most disgraceful event that had ever happened to the Kingdom of France'.Christopher Hibbert's wonderfully concise account draws on the unusual number of contemporary
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Church History in Plain Language, Fifth Edition

The Story of the Church for Today's Readers

par Bruce Shelley, Marshall Shelley ...

Over 330,000 copies sold. This is the story of the church for today's readers.Bruce Shelley's classic history of the church brings the story of global Christianity into the twenty-first century. Like a skilled screenwriter, Shelley begins each chapter with three elements: characters, setting, plot. Taking readers from the early centuries of the church up through the modern era he tells his readers ... En savoir plus

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Over 330,000 copies sold. This is the story of the church for today's readers.Bruce Shelley's classic history of the church brings the story of global Christianity into the twenty-first century. Like a skilled screenwriter, Shelley begins each chapter with three elements: characters, setting, plot. Taking readers from the early centuries of the church up through the modern era he tells his readers
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The Travels

par Marco Polo, Ronald Latham ...

Traduit par Ronald Latham ...

Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kubilai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of Pisa, with whom he collaborated on this book. The accounts of his travels provide a fascinating glimpse of the different societies he encountered: ... En savoir plus

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Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kubilai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of Pisa, with whom he collaborated on this book. The accounts of his travels provide a fascinating glimpse of the different societies he encountered:
... En savoir plus
History of the Kings of Britain: Historia Regum Britanniae

par Geoffrey of Monmouth ...

The Historia Regum Britanniae (English: The History of the Kings of Britain) is a pseudohistorical account of British history, written c. 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It chronicles the lives of the kings of the Britons in a chronological narrative spanning a time of two thousand years, beginning with the Trojans founding the British nation and continuing until the Anglo-Saxons assumed control of ... En savoir plus

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The Historia Regum Britanniae (English: The History of the Kings of Britain) is a pseudohistorical account of British history, written c. 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It chronicles the lives of the kings of the Britons in a chronological narrative spanning a time of two thousand years, beginning with the Trojans founding the British nation and continuing until the Anglo-Saxons assumed control of
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A Distant Mirror

The Calamitous 14th Century

par Barbara W. Tuchman ...

A “marvelous history”* of medieval Europe, from the bubonic plague and the Papal Schism to the Hundred Years’ War, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Guns of August*Lawrence Wright, author of The End of October, in The Wall Street JournalThe fourteenth century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering age of crusades, cathedrals, and chivalry; on the other, a world ... En savoir plus

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A “marvelous history”* of medieval Europe, from the bubonic plague and the Papal Schism to the Hundred Years’ War, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Guns of August*Lawrence Wright, author of The End of October, in The Wall Street JournalThe fourteenth century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering age of crusades, cathedrals, and chivalry; on the other, a world
... En savoir plus
The Wolf Age

The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire

par Tore Skeie ...

Traduit par Alison McCullough ...

**“Skeie’s account of ruthless conflict, political intrigue, and diplomatic machinations reads like a real-life Game of Thrones—without the dragons. Medieval history buffs will be riveted.” --Publishers WeeklyThrilling history provides a new perspective on the Viking-Anglo Saxon conflicts and brings the bloody period vividly to life, perfect for fans of Dan Jones**The first major book on Vikings ... En savoir plus

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**“Skeie’s account of ruthless conflict, political intrigue, and diplomatic machinations reads like a real-life Game of Thrones—without the dragons. Medieval history buffs will be riveted.” --Publishers WeeklyThrilling history provides a new perspective on the Viking-Anglo Saxon conflicts and brings the bloody period vividly to life, perfect for fans of Dan Jones**The first major book on Vikings
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Cardinal Richelieu

par Richard Lodge ...

RICHELIEU, although a bishop and a cardinal, was not a great theologian, nor was he in the narrowest sense a great churchman. Many of his contemporaries, endowed with far less dignity and authority, yet exercised an incomparably more distinct and vital influence on the religious life of his time than he can claim to have done. Still his career is coincident with a very important epoch in the ... En savoir plus

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RICHELIEU, although a bishop and a cardinal, was not a great theologian, nor was he in the narrowest sense a great churchman. Many of his contemporaries, endowed with far less dignity and authority, yet exercised an incomparably more distinct and vital influence on the religious life of his time than he can claim to have done. Still his career is coincident with a very important epoch in the
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The Routledge Handbook of the History of Poland

Modifié par Bartosz Dziewanowski-Stefańczyk, Maciej Górny, Katrin Steffen ...

This book presents the history of Poland through the lens of selected phenomena that demonstrate pan-European and global processes. It tells the story of feudalism, parliamentarism, nationalism and modernization, and explains how these processes emerged, developed or were implemented in Poland.The comparative method adopted here aims to study the links and transnational entanglements within the ... En savoir plus

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This book presents the history of Poland through the lens of selected phenomena that demonstrate pan-European and global processes. It tells the story of feudalism, parliamentarism, nationalism and modernization, and explains how these processes emerged, developed or were implemented in Poland.The comparative method adopted here aims to study the links and transnational entanglements within the
... En savoir plus
History of Japan

par Blake Carson ...

Collections series History of Places
How did an isolated island nation become one of the most powerful countries in the world? Japan’s history is a fascinating story of tradition, resilience, and reinvention. From the samurai warriors and shoguns of feudal Japan to the modernization of the Meiji era, Japan has undergone remarkable transformations. The book explores the s of the Japanese people, the influence of Buddhism and Shintoism ... En savoir plus

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How did an isolated island nation become one of the most powerful countries in the world? Japan’s history is a fascinating story of tradition, resilience, and reinvention. From the samurai warriors and shoguns of feudal Japan to the modernization of the Meiji era, Japan has undergone remarkable transformations. The book explores the s of the Japanese people, the influence of Buddhism and Shintoism
... En savoir plus
Twilight Cities

Lost Capitals of the Mediterranean

par Katherine Pangonis ...

WINNER OF THE 2024 SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARDIts name means 'centre of the world', and since the dawn of history the Mediterranean Sea has formed the shared horizon of innumerable cultures. Here, history has blurred with legend. The glittering surface of the sea conceals the remnants of lost civilisations, wrecked treasure ships and the bones of long-drowned sailors, traders and modern refugees.Of the ... En savoir plus

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WINNER OF THE 2024 SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARDIts name means 'centre of the world', and since the dawn of history the Mediterranean Sea has formed the shared horizon of innumerable cultures. Here, history has blurred with legend. The glittering surface of the sea conceals the remnants of lost civilisations, wrecked treasure ships and the bones of long-drowned sailors, traders and modern refugees.Of the
... En savoir plus
The Hanged Man

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

par 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 ... En savoir plus

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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
... En savoir plus
Life in a Medieval Village

par Frances Gies, Joseph Gies ...

Collections series Medieval Life
The reissue of Joseph and Frances Gies’s classic bestseller on life in medieval villages.This new reissue of Life in a Medieval Village, by respected historians Joseph and Frances Gies, paints a lively, convincing portrait of rural people at work and at play in the Middle Ages. Focusing on the village of Elton, in the English East Midlands, the Gieses detail the agricultural advances that made ... En savoir plus

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The reissue of Joseph and Frances Gies’s classic bestseller on life in medieval villages.This new reissue of Life in a Medieval Village, by respected historians Joseph and Frances Gies, paints a lively, convincing portrait of rural people at work and at play in the Middle Ages. Focusing on the village of Elton, in the English East Midlands, the Gieses detail the agricultural advances that made
... En savoir plus
A Great and Terrible King

Edward I and the Forging of Britain

par Marc Morris ...

This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king. Edward I is familiar to millions as 'Longshanks', conqueror of Scotland and nemesis of Sir William Wallace ('Braveheart'). Edward was born to rule England, but believed that it was his right to rule all of Britain. His reign was one of the most dramatic of the entire Middle Ages, leading to war and conquest on an ... En savoir plus

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This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king. Edward I is familiar to millions as 'Longshanks', conqueror of Scotland and nemesis of Sir William Wallace ('Braveheart'). Edward was born to rule England, but believed that it was his right to rule all of Britain. His reign was one of the most dramatic of the entire Middle Ages, leading to war and conquest on an
... En savoir plus
Lewes and Evesham 1264–65

Simon de Montfort and the Barons' War

par Richard Brooks ...

Collections Livre 285 - Campaign
This is a comprehensive account of the epic struggle between Henry III and Simon de Montfort, a culmination of the tensions between crown and aristocracy that was so typical of high medieval England.At the crescendo of the Second Barons' War were the battles of Lewes and Evesham. It was an era of high drama and intrigue, as a civil war had erupted that would shape the future of English government. ... En savoir plus

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This is a comprehensive account of the epic struggle between Henry III and Simon de Montfort, a culmination of the tensions between crown and aristocracy that was so typical of high medieval England.At the crescendo of the Second Barons' War were the battles of Lewes and Evesham. It was an era of high drama and intrigue, as a civil war had erupted that would shape the future of English government.
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Princes of the Dragon: The Rise and Fall of the Welsh Kingdoms (c. 400–1283)

par E L Hunter ...

Eight centuries. Three dynasties. One conquest.Princes of the Dragon is a narrative history of medieval Wales from the departure of Rome to the Edwardian conquest of 1283 — the rise, fracture and fall of the Welsh kingdoms.At its height, Welsh political life ran through three principal royal lines: Aberffraw in Gwynedd, Dinefwr in Deheubarth and Mathrafal in Powys. Their halls gave Wales the ... En savoir plus

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Eight centuries. Three dynasties. One conquest.Princes of the Dragon is a narrative history of medieval Wales from the departure of Rome to the Edwardian conquest of 1283 — the rise, fracture and fall of the Welsh kingdoms.At its height, Welsh political life ran through three principal royal lines: Aberffraw in Gwynedd, Dinefwr in Deheubarth and Mathrafal in Powys. Their halls gave Wales the
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The Dark Queens

The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World

par Shelley Puhak ...

* National Bestseller *“A well-researched and well-told epic history. The Dark Queens brings these courageous, flawed, and ruthless rulers and their distant times back to life.”--Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden FiguresThe remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to ... En savoir plus

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* National Bestseller *“A well-researched and well-told epic history. The Dark Queens brings these courageous, flawed, and ruthless rulers and their distant times back to life.”--Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden FiguresThe remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to
... En savoir plus
The Siege of Acre, 1189-1191

Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, and the Battle That Decided the Third Crusade

par John D. Hosler ...

The first comprehensive history of the most decisive military campaign of the Third Crusade and one of the longest wartime sieges of the Middle AgesThe two-year-long siege of Acre (1189–1191) was the most significant military engagement of the Third Crusade, attracting armies from across Europe, Syria, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Maghreb. Drawing on a balanced selection of Christian and Muslim ... En savoir plus

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The first comprehensive history of the most decisive military campaign of the Third Crusade and one of the longest wartime sieges of the Middle AgesThe two-year-long siege of Acre (1189–1191) was the most significant military engagement of the Third Crusade, attracting armies from across Europe, Syria, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Maghreb. Drawing on a balanced selection of Christian and Muslim
... En savoir plus
Le Bûcher de Montségur

par Zoé Oldenbourg ...

En ce temps-là le Languedoc était pour l'Église un danger : ses chefs y toléraient la religion cathare. Pour la France du Nord et la monarchie capétienne, cette province riche, jalouse de son indépendance et de sa culture, mais désunie, était une proie convoitée. Quand le pape Innocent III, en 1209, prêcha la croisade contre l'hérésie cathare, commença une longue guerre de conquête : armées de ... En savoir plus

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En ce temps-là le Languedoc était pour l'Église un danger : ses chefs y toléraient la religion cathare. Pour la France du Nord et la monarchie capétienne, cette province riche, jalouse de son indépendance et de sa culture, mais désunie, était une proie convoitée. Quand le pape Innocent III, en 1209, prêcha la croisade contre l'hérésie cathare, commença une longue guerre de conquête : armées de
... En savoir plus
Rage of Swords

the unmissable new Master of War medieval adventure

par David Gilman ...

Collections series Master of War
PREORDER DAVID GILMAN'S THRILLING NEW HISTORICAL NOVEL THE KNIFE MAKER OF VENICE NOW!THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR COMES TO LIFE WITH DAVID GILMANIn this gripping historical adventure, Master of War Sir Thomas Blackstone must travel into enemy lands with a price on his head as he seeks gold and alliances for King Edward's war with France.1368, Northern Italy. As the Hundred Years' War smoulders, the Duke ... En savoir plus

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PREORDER DAVID GILMAN'S THRILLING NEW HISTORICAL NOVEL THE KNIFE MAKER OF VENICE NOW!THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR COMES TO LIFE WITH DAVID GILMANIn this gripping historical adventure, Master of War Sir Thomas Blackstone must travel into enemy lands with a price on his head as he seeks gold and alliances for King Edward's war with France.1368, Northern Italy. As the Hundred Years' War smoulders, the Duke
... En savoir plus
The Age of Reform, 1250-1550

An Intellectual and Religious History of Late Medieval and Reformation Europe

par Steven Ozment ...

The seeds of the swift and sweeping religious movement that turned great numbers of Europeans into Protestants in the early 1500s had been sown far back in the late Middle Ages. In this book, Steven Ozment traces the growth and dispersal of dissenting ideologies through three centuries to their explosive burgeoning in the 1500s. He elucidates with great clarity the complex philosophical and ... En savoir plus

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The seeds of the swift and sweeping religious movement that turned great numbers of Europeans into Protestants in the early 1500s had been sown far back in the late Middle Ages. In this book, Steven Ozment traces the growth and dispersal of dissenting ideologies through three centuries to their explosive burgeoning in the 1500s. He elucidates with great clarity the complex philosophical and
... En savoir plus
The Wise King

A Christian Prince, Muslim Spain, and the Birth of the Renaissance

par Simon R. Doubleday ...

An illuminating biography of Alfonso X, the 13th-century philosopher-king whose affinity for Islamic culture left an indelible mark on Western civilization"If I had been present at the Creation," the thirteenth-century Spanish philosopher-king Alfonso X is said to have stated, "Many faults in the universe would have been avoided." Known as El Sabio, "the Wise," Alfonso was renowned by friends and ... En savoir plus

$25.99 CAD

An illuminating biography of Alfonso X, the 13th-century philosopher-king whose affinity for Islamic culture left an indelible mark on Western civilization"If I had been present at the Creation," the thirteenth-century Spanish philosopher-king Alfonso X is said to have stated, "Many faults in the universe would have been avoided." Known as El Sabio, "the Wise," Alfonso was renowned by friends and
... En savoir plus
Fairies & Fae

par M C Neuffer ...

Fairies and Fae are not what you think they are.Before Tinkerbell. Before Disney. Before the flower fairies of Victorian illustration, there were older things in the hills. Beautiful, terrible, operating by their own unforgiving rules, indifferent to human concerns in the way that the very old and very powerful are indifferent. This is the fairy tradition that writers working at the highest level ... En savoir plus

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Fairies and Fae are not what you think they are.Before Tinkerbell. Before Disney. Before the flower fairies of Victorian illustration, there were older things in the hills. Beautiful, terrible, operating by their own unforgiving rules, indifferent to human concerns in the way that the very old and very powerful are indifferent. This is the fairy tradition that writers working at the highest level
... En savoir plus

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