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1401) Cathars' Treasure
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Innocent III, most influential pope of the Middle Ages, together with young Philip II, King of France, decides to unleash the hell on earth to crash Christian Languedoc and annihilate Cathars.Will young viscount of Carcassonne be able to protect his people against greedy and fanatical army send to erase their lives from the history?Entwined in this dark middle age history are seeds of a most unpredicted love that grows only to be tragically tried...
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The rise of the Capetian dynasty across the long thirteenth century, which rested in part on the family's perceived sanctity, is a story most often told through the actions of male figures, from Louis IX's metamorphosis into "Saint Louis" to Philip IV's attacks on Pope Boniface VIII. In Courting Sanctity, Sean L. Field argues that, in fact, holy women were central to the Capetian's self-presentation as being uniquely favored by God. Tracing the shifting...
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A noted scholar elucidates the distinguishing characteristics of the works of several Jewish thinkers of the Middle Ages. In addition to summaries of the main arguments and teachings of Moses Maimonides, Isaac Israeli, Judah Halevi, Abraham Ibn Daud, Hillel ben Samuel, Levi ben Gerson, and others, the author offers insightful analyses.
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A TIME OF DARKNESS
Six years since the Danes invaded Scotland, slaying her finest men.
Five since the Highland King married one of the enemy, betraying his countrymen and losing the Lowlanders' support.
Three since the king died and the Danes imprisoned the remaining blood heir to the throne.
Her crown stolen, her country desolated, Fiona McCurragh now faces the looming threat of execution.
The Lowlanders, weary of enemy...
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Carson was a founding member of 'Looking For Richard', the project that identified the site of his grave and arranged its excavation.
In fact The Maligned King was the first widely read book to discuss a host of little-known aspects of Richard's life and times, unafraid to raise controversial questions and investigate areas where conventional historians fear to tread. Carson brought to general knowledge a frank analysis of witchcraft in England; the...
1406) Edward III
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The fifty-year reign of one of England's most charismatic leaders is assessed in this lucid and incisive work. W.M. Ormrod traces Edward's life from his birth, when the very future of the monarchy in England was under threat, to his death when he was regarded throughout Europe as the very model of an ideal monarch.
1407) Her Honorable Mercenary
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An innocent maiden
And a legendary warrior
When captured and held prisoner in an enemy castle, Margery of Lyon is guarded by brooding mercenary Evrart, who’s been commanded to watch her—day and night. Margery’s determination to escape brings her closer to Evrart and the kind heart hidden beneath his granite-hard body. Now Margery is torn… Fleeing under the portcullis will mean leaving behind the man she’s falling for…
From Harlequin...
1408) Avelynn: A Novel
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This dazzling debut brings the Dark Ages to light and illuminates one Saxon noblewoman's romance with a Viking warrior and her struggle to find her path in a changing and dangerous world
869. For eighteen years, Avelynn, the beautiful and secretly pagan daughter of the Ealdorman of Somerset, has lived in an environment of love, acceptance, and equality. Somerset has flourished under twenty years of peace. But with whispers of war threatening their...
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This book is a simple guide to theological and philosophical aspects of the thought of the medieval Franciscan, John Duns Scotus. Known as the Subtle Doctor, Scotus has a reputation for intricate and technical reasoning. Ingham provides an insightful and creative introduction to his thought in this book. Philosophical and theological principles are explored with clarity and demonstrated by the use of numerous practical examples. By organizing the...
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When peasant John Little witnesses the Sheriff of Nottingham's men destroying his village for John's crime of poaching deer to feed his people, he flees into the tangle of Sherwood Forest with the only other survivor, his young foster daughter Marian. But dangers lurk there, too: the outlaw Robin Hood soon catches them and takes them prisoner. Robin Hood does not quite match the heroic stories that are already told about him. For all Robin's dazzling...
1411) Vikings
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IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
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The wild, plundering lives of the Vikings have been fodder for stories and myths for centuries. The terror and destruction they allegedly caused has filled books, movie screens and more. But there is more to this rich culture than these tales often portray. This book illuminates the facts about the rich Viking culture, revealing their lives beyond warfare, such as their art, craft, and trade. Readers will also find myths clarified, with stories from...
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Northumberland to the Romans it was Ad Fines, the limit of the Empire, the end of the Roman World. It was here in 122 AD that the Emperor Hadrian decided to build a wall stretching from coast-to-coast to provide protection, to show the might of the Empire, and as a statement of his grandeur. Visitors to Northumberland can walk the Wall visiting mile castles, Roman frontier forts and settlements such as Housesteads (where you can see the oldest toilets...
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THE RED AND THE GOLD is an epic that spans twenty centuries, taking the reader from Hadrian's Wall in Roman Britain to the Halls of Justice in Chicago. It is the story of four powerful families in England, how they came to power, how they merged during Elizabethan times and then tested the ties that bind just a generation later during the English Civil War. Their victories and heartbreaks of the Reades, the Cornewalls, the Brocketts and the Hoos are...
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The events of 1000-1130 were crucial to the successful emergence of the medieval kingdom of the Scots. Yet this is one of the least researched periods of Scottish history. We probably now know more about the Picts than the post-1000 events that underpinned the spectacular expansion of the small kingdom which came to dominate north Britain by the 1130s. This expansion included the defeat and absorption of other significant cultural and political groups...
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Navigate Life's Seas with Ancient Wisdom!" Embark on a transformative journey with Seneca, one of history's most profound Stoic philosophers. Discover the joy, surprise, and comfort embedded in letters filled with unparalleled insight and enduring truths.
"A guiding beacon in turbulent times. Seneca's teachings resonate even today!" – [Famous Philosophical Thinker]
Highlights Within:
Delve deep into personal ethics, virtues, and the art of living...
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Arthur led the Britons to the brink of victory but was cut down by treachery and betrayal. Arthurian legends have since been corrupted, leading to popular but false assumptions about the king and the belief that his grave could never be found. Drawing on a vast range of sources and new translations of early British and Gaelic poetry, Arthur explodes these myths and exposes the shocking truth. In this, the first full biography of Arthur, Simon Andrew...
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Este escrito es el resultado de una tesis de maestría en Letras Modernas, opción de humanidades, llevado a cabo en la Universidad de Rennes 2 y finalizado en 2012, por mí mismo.
Si bien toma prestado de la historia, a través de un cierto número de archivos históricos, este trabajo de investigación toma prestado aún más de la leyenda y las fuentes literarias que hicieron posible sacar al segundo duque de Normandía, vikingo e hijo del vikingo...
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The future William II was born in the late 1050s the third son of William the Conqueror. The younger William, - nicknamed Rufus because of his ruddy cheeks - at first had no great expectations of succeeding to the throne. This biography tells the story of William Rufus, King of England from 1087-1100 and reveals the truth behind his death.
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Figures of a Changing World offers a dramatic new account of cultural change, an account based on the distinction between two familiar rhetorical figures, metonymy and metaphor. The book treats metonymy as the basic organizing trope of traditional culture and metaphor as the basic organizing trope of modern culture. On the one hand, metonymies present themselves as analogies that articulate or reaffirm preexisting states of affairs. They are guarantors...
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Conversations About History, Volume 2, includes the following 5 carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading historians. This collection includes a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. Each book is broken into chapters with a detailed introduction and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
1. Constitutional Investigations - A Conversation with Linda Colley, the Shelby M.C. Davis...
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