History and related reading for the medieval enthusiast.
A Hangman’s Diary: The Journal of Master Franz Schmidt, Public Executioner of Nuremberg 1573-1617
A Hangman’s Diary is not only a collection of detailed writings by Schmidt about his work, but also an account of criminal procedure in Germany during the Middl...[Read More]
The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings
In AD 793 Norse warriors struck the English isle of Lindisfarne and laid waste to it. Wave after wave of Norse ‘sea-wolves’ followed in search of plunder, land,...[Read More]
Prince Henry the Navigator: The Hero of Portugal & of Modern Discovery 1394-1460 AD
Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As ...[Read More]
Wales & the Britons, 350-1064
Provides a detailed history of Wales in the period in which it was created out of the remnants of Roman Britain, including the history of the other Britons when...[Read More]
Music in the Medieval West – Western Music in Context
Margot Fassler's Music in the Medieval West imaginatively reconstructs the repertoire of the Middle Ages by drawing on a wide range of sources. In addition to h...[Read More]
A Gentleman’s Guide to Duelling: Of Honour & Honourable Quarrels
Originally published under the title Of Honour and Honourable Quarrels Saviolo's guide is devoted to the art of settling a duel in a gentlemanly manner. It was ...[Read More]
Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe
For centuries much of Europe and the Holy Roman Empire was in the royal hands of the very peculiar Habsburg family. From their principal lairs along the Danube ...[Read More]
The Makers of Scotland: Picts, Romans, Gaels & Vikings
From Lothian to Orkney, from Fife to the Isle of Skye, fierce battles were won and lost. By AD 1000 the political situation had changed for ever. Led by a dynas...[Read More]
Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures & Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs
Death has never looked so beautiful. An intriguing visual history of the veneration in European churches and monasteries of bejeweled and decorated skeletons.
The Waning of the Middle Ages
This classic study of art, life, and thought in France and the Netherlands during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries ranks as one of the most perceptive ana...[Read More]
Mansa Musa & the Empire of Mali
Oliver's well-researched biography of Mansa Musa reads like an exotic tale of gold, glory, and adventure. During his long reign as Mali's emperor, Mansa Musa le...[Read More]
The Birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France, & the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century
The Birth of the West tells the story of a transformation from chaos to order, exploring the alien landscape of Europe in transition.
