History and related reading for the medieval enthusiast.
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 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 ...[Read More]
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 legen...[Read More]
Le Morte d’Arthur
The tales, steeped in the magic of Merlin, the powerful cords of the chivalric code, and the age-old dramas of love and death, resound across the centuries.
Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer’s Manual of the Fifteenth Century
Preserved in the Bavarian State Library in Munich is a manuscript that few scholars have noticed and that no one in modern times has treated with the seriousnes...[Read More]
Hildegard von Bingen’s Physica: The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health & Healing
At a time when few women could write and most were denied a formal education, Hildegard von Bingen became a legendary healer, visionary, musician, artist, poet,...[Read More]
A History of the Byzantine State & Society
Spanning twelve centuries and three continents, the Byzantine Empire linked the ancient and modern worlds, shaping and transmitting Greek, Roman, and Christian ...[Read More]
William Wallace: Brave Heart
James MacKay uses all his skills as a historical detective to produce this definitive biography, telling the incredible story of a man who, without wealth or no...[Read More]
The Codex Borgia: A Full-Color Restoration of the Ancient Mexican Manuscript
In order to recapture the beauty and grandeur of the original, Gisele Diaz and Alan Rodgers have painstakingly restored the Codex by hand. The result is 76 larg...[Read More]
A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age
In graceful prose, and with the authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization teetering on the brin...[Read More]
Atlas of Medieval Jewish History
The Atlas includes more than one hundred maps, with accompanying text, that give an in-depth review of Jewish history throughout the world from the 5th to the 1...[Read More]
The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century
The Early Medieval Balkans is the first comprehensive examination of the events of early medieval Balkan history—events that were as important as they are fasci...[Read More]
