Author: The Medieval Life
Medieval Children
A look at the lives of children, from birth to adolescence, in medieval England.
The Early Slavs: Culture & Society in Early Medieval Eastern Europe
More than 270 million people in Europe speak one of the many Slavic languages and dialects, but the origins and development of Slavic culture are still among the most difficult problems facing archaeologists.
A Knight’s Tale
Peasant-born William Thatcher (Heath Ledger) begins a quest to change his stars, win the heart of an exceedingly fair maiden (Shanynn Sossamon) and rock his medieval world. With the help of friends (Mark Addy, Paul Bettany, Alan Tudyk), he faces the ultimate test of medieval gallantry -- tournament jousting -- and tries to discover if he has the mettle to become a legend.
Maurice’s Strategikon: Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy
In this first complete English translation, the Strategikon is an invaluable source not only for early Byzantine history but for the general history of the art of war.
The Medieval Archer
This is a study of the archer and his weapon, from the Norman Conquest to the Wars of the Roses.
Ghosts in the Middle Ages: The Living & the Dead in Medieval Society
Through this vivid study, Jean-Claude Schmitt examines medieval religious culture and the significance of the widespread belief in ghosts, revealing the ways in which the dead and the living related to each other during the middle ages.
Tannenberg & After: Lithuania, Poland, & the Teutonic Order in Search of Immortality
A welcome treatment, rich with detail and vivid images, of a region and period not well studied in anglophone scholarship
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
The year is 1429. France is in political and religious turmoil as members of the royal family battle for rule. But one peasant girl from a remote village gave her country the miracle it was looking for. Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element, Dazed and Confused) is Joan of Arc, a young woman who would inspire and lead her countrymen until her execution at the age of nineteen.
The Battle of Grunwald: The History and Legacy of the the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War’s Decisive Battle
On July 15, 1410, Tannenberg was the site of another decisive battle between the army of the Germanic Teutonic Order and that of Poland-Lithuania, a battle now commonly referred to as the Battle of Grunwald (after another nearby village).
The 13th Warrior
A man (Antonio Banderas), having fallen in love with the wrong woman, is sent by the sultan himself on a diplomatic mission to a distant land as an ambassador. Stopping at a Viking village port to restock on supplies, he finds himself unwittingly embroiled in a quest to banish a mysterious threat in a northern land.as the 13th Warrior
The Hundred Years War: The English in France 1337-1453
Desmond Seward's critically-acclaimed account of the Hundred Years War brings to life all of the intrigue, beauty, and royal to-the-death-fighting of that legendary century-long conflict.
NOVA – The Vikings
This riveting two-hour special investigates a new image of the Vikings that goes far deeper than their savage stereotype as raiding marauders. Faithful replicas of their magnificent ships, life-like computer animation and fascinating recreations reveal the Vikings as canny merchants, expert shipbuilders, superb artisans, and bold colonizers of lands that lay beyond the edge of the known world.
