Middle Ages/Middle History

The Crusades

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George William Cox


The Crusades were a series of religious wars fought between 1096 and 1272 to recover the Holy Land from Islamic rule. According to the Latin…

The History of Britain

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John Milton


A reader of this history, encountering the frequent references to “my author,” meaning the current source, will be reminded of DON QUIXOTE a…

King and Baronage (A.D. 1135-1327)

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William Holden Hutton


William Holden Hutton (1860-1930) was a British historian and Dean of Winchester Cathedral. In this slim volume, Hutton writes of the long p…

Warwick the Kingmaker

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Charles William Chadwick Oman


Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428-1471), wealthy and powerful peer of England, was one of the leaders of the Wars of the Roses (14…

The Epidemics of the Middle Ages

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Justus Hecker


Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker (1795-1850) was a German physician and medical writer, whose research focused on the history of epidemics, in a…

The Byzantine Empire

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Edward Foord


A concise and comprehensive guide to the Byzantine empire from Constantine to its dissolution. Foord explores in an accessible manner why it…

Beacon Lights of History, Vol 6: Renaissance and Reformation

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John Lord


Volume 6 blends literature, exploration, science, and the start of Protestantism with discussions of Chaucer, Dante, Luther and others. - Su…

Beacon Lights of History, Vol 5: The Middle Ages

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John Lord


Volume 5 continues the commentary on world history begun in the first four volumes. This volume looks at some of the main religious figures…

Histoire générale du IVe siècle à nos jours. Tome 02. L'Europe féodale, les cro…

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Ernest Lavisse and Alfred Nicolas Rambaud


Ouvrage collectif sous la direction de Alfred Rambaud et Ernest Lavisse.Le deuxième tome de la série traite des grands é…

History of the Inquisition of Spain, Vol. 3

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Henry Charles Lea


The 3rd volume of Lea's monumental work on the Spanish Inquisition. This volume covers torture practices; the trial process; punishments; Je…

The Wars of the Roses 1377-1471

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Robert Balmain Mowat


The Wars of the Roses, 1377-1471, were a series of English civil wars fought for the control of the throne of England between two rival cade…

The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 01, The Christian Roman Empire and the F…

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John Bagnell Bury


Volume 1: The Christian Roman Empire and the Foundation of the Teutonic Kingdoms "The present work is intended as a comprehensive accou…

La Royale Maison de Savoie

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Grégoire Hudry-Menos


Grégoire Hudry-Menos, modeste journaliste savoyard, apporte un nouveau point de vue sur l'histoire de la maison de Savoie, mont&eacut…

The Beginning of the Middle Ages

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Richard William Church


In 395 A.D. Theodosius, the last ruler of the undivided Roman Empire died. To his young and incompetent son, Honorius, he left the governmen…

Guelphs and Ghibellines: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1250-1409

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Oscar Browning


The High Middle Ages in Italy, 1250-1409, were a time of incessant strife between rival city-states, some the Ghibelline allies of the Holy …

Selections of the History of the Franks

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Gregory of Tours and Gregory Of Tours


The Historia Francorum is the most important contemporary source for the Merovingian age. It is written in ten books, of which one to four r…

Historical Tales, Volume VII: Spanish

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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews


Volume VII of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This seventh volume cover…

Philip Augustus

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William Holden Hutton


Philip Augustus (Philip II of France 1165-1223), grandfather of Saint Louis, was one of France's greatest kings. While England's Henry II wa…

The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History

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Martin A. S. Hume


King Henry VIII is so often depicted as a far-seeing statesman, pressing forward through a lifetime with his eyes firmly fixed upon the goal…

England In The Middle Ages

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Elizabeth O'Neill


A short study examining the historical framework of England from the period of the Norman Conquest to the end of the fifteenth century.The p…

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