Author: The Medieval Life
Celts: The Complete Epic Saga
For the first time, the story of The Celts is presented in this six- episode set as told by The Celts themselves. The Celts were the first European people north of the Alps to rise from anonymity. Wild and ferocious, they were also romantics and mystics and they shared a family of languages that are now the oldest living tongues of Europe. Their story is one of survival, defiance and creativity of...
German Medieval Martial Arts: The Poleaxe
The medieval knight was a well-trained fighting man, expert in the use of many weapons. One of his premiere weapons was the poleaxe, which combined aspects of a spear, hammer and sword into one, deadly form. Well-balanced and surprisingly agile, even the knight's armour was no sure defense against its swift thrusts and heavy blows. German Medieval Martial Arts, Vol 1: The Poleaxe provides a comple...
Vampires, Burial, & Death: Folklore & Reality
In this engrossing book, Paul Barber surveys centuries of folklore about vampires and offers the first scientific explanation for the origins of the vampire legends.
The Saint & the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam, & Francis of Assisi’s Mission of Peace
An intriguing examination of the extraordinary–and little known meeting between St. Francis of Assisi and Islamic leader Sultan Malik Al-Kamil that has strong resonance in today's divided world.
Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
In this astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an edge-of-your-seat adventure thriller, acclaimed historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures perhaps unequaled to this day.
Valhalla Rising
Following a captive Norse Warrior called One-Eye and a young boy as they travel with Christian Crusaders in 1096 AD. Is One Eye an avenging angel or just the guiltiest of them all? The answers can be found in this ruthless, hallucinatory, one of a kind journey.
Vengeance in Medieval Europe: A Reader
How did medieval society deal with private justice, with grudges, and with violent emotions? This ground-breaking reader collects for the first time a number of unpublished or difficult-to-find texts that address violence and emotion in the Middle Ages.
The Limbourg Brothers: Reflections on the Origins & the Legacy of Three Illuminators from Nijmegen
In 2005, Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen presented the exhibition The Limbourg Brothers. Nijmegen Masters at the French Court (1400-1416). This was the first time that original miniatures out of four manuscripts by the Limbourg brothers were shown in the Netherlands.
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People: The Greater Chronicle – Bede’s Letter to Egbert
As well as providing the authoritative Colgrave translation of the Ecclesiastical History, this edition includes a new translation of the Greater Chronicle, in which Bede examines the Roman Empire and contemporary Europe.
Out of the East: Spices & the Medieval Imagination
How medieval Europe’s infatuation with expensive, fragrant, and exotic spices led to an era of colonial expansion and the discovery of new worlds
The Kalevala: An Epic Poem after Oral Tradition
This new and exciting translation by poet Keith Bosley, is the first to truly combine liveliness with accuracy in a way which reflects the richness of the original.
Germanic Tribes: The Complete Four-Part Saga
The series breathes new life into the little known world of the Germanic tribes. We see how they lived, fought, and worshipped their gods. Intricate 3D animation shows us how they built their settlements, buried their kings. "The Germanic Tribes" portrays the protagonists of an epoch of formative influence for Europe - whose legacy is still with us.
