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1	Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century more books like this by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman "Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . A great book, in a great historical tradition." Commentary The 14th century gives us back two contradictory images: a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and a dark time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world plunged into a chaos of war, fear and the Plague. Barbara Tuchman ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Return of Martin Guerre more books like this by Natalie Zemon Davis The Inventive Peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost persuaded the learned judges at the Parlement of Toulouse, when on a summer's day in 1560 a man swaggered into the court on a wooden leg, denounced Arnaud, and reestablished his claim to the identity, property, and wife of Martin Guerre. The astonishing case captured the imagination of the Continent. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.36! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World more books like this by Jack Weatherford Weatherford resurrects the true history of Genghis Khan, from the story of his relentless rise through Mongol tribal culture to the waging of his devastatingly successful wars and the explosion of civilization that the Mongol Empire unleashed. see all copies from $4.50! new only from $5.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The cheese and the worms : the cosmos of a sixteenth-century miller more books like this by Carlo Ginzburg "A wonderful book... Ginzburg is a historian with an insatiable curiosity, who pursues even the faintest of clues with all the zest of a born detective until every fragment of evidence can be fitted into place." -- New York Review of Books see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.83! \| first editions \| SVS
5	World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age more books like this by William Manchester From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.42! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The humanistic tradition. Book 2, Medieval Europe and the world beyond more books like this by Gloria K. Fiero Beginning with the birth of Christianity and of Buddhism, the second book of The Humanistic Tradition offers a wide-ranging look at the period from 0-1300 C.E. The book addresses the interaction between religion and culture in emerging Islamic societies while also drawing on art, music, literature, and architecture to draw a vivid portrait of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.95! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Truth about Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion more books like this by Robert Spencer New York Times" bestselling author and Islam expert Spencer offers an honest and telling portrait of the founder of Islam--a portrait that is unbounded by fear and political correctness, unflinching, and willing to face the hard facts about Muhammads life that continue to affect the world today. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $9.79! \| first editions \| SVS
8	1066, the year of the conquest more books like this by David Howarth Everyone knows 1066 as the date of the Norman invasion and conquest of England. But how many of us can place that event in the context of the entire dramatic year in which it took place? From the death of Edward the Confessor in early January to the Christmas coronation of Duke William of Normandy, there is an almost uncanny symmetry, as well as a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Story of Civilization more books like this by Will Durant, Ariel Durant see all copies from $1.99! new only from $450.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Cruel as the Grave more books like this by Sharon K. Penman In April, 1193, England's King Richard Lionheart languishes in a German prison while his younger brother, John, seizes Windsor Castle. Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine summons her trusted personal "queen's man", Justin de Quincy, to mediate a truce with her rebel son. Amid these fateful events, de Quincy also investigates the violent murder of a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium: An Englishman's World more books like this by Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger In light of late-20th-century interest in the end of the second millennium, the authors of this title present a portrait of what life was like at the end of the first millennium. Included are descriptions of daily life, clothing trends, medical practices, and more, all related to life in 10th-century medieval Europe, and organized around ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	History of the World more books like this by Marvin Perry (TofC cont.) New nations in Latin America (1780-1911); Reaction and revolution in Europe (1770-1850) -- Industrialization and its impact (1750-1914): West in the Industrial Age (1750-1914); Nationalism in Europe (1815-1914) -- Europe in the late 1800's (1850-1914) -- Western imperialism (1763-1914): Expansion of the western world (1800-1914); Asia ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.70! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time more books like this by John Kelly, B.A. John Kelly's history of the Black Death is a colorful, compulsively readable, and very complete look at the subject, including his theory of what caused it (the rapid growth of trade, i.e. ships spreading disease from port to port) and also of what sprang from it: the middle class, property law, and the persecution of the Jews (who, of course, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Eleanor of Aquitaine and the four Kings more books like this by Amy Ruth Kelly This account of Queen Eleanor and her century is offered as a study of individuals who set their stamp upon the events of their time, rather than as a study of developing systems of politics, economics, or jurisprudence. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Knights and Castles more books like this by Will Osborne, Mary Pope Osborne What was it like to wear armor? What was the food like in castles? This non-fiction companion to "The Knight at Dawn" explores what life was really like in medieval times. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Two Lives of Charlemagne more books like this by T Notker Einhard, Notker, Lewis Thorpe (Translator) Two revealingly different accounts of the life of the most important figure of the Roman Empire Charlemage aknown as the father of Europeawas one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers. The biographies brought together here provide a rich and varied portrait of the king from two perspectives: that of Einhard, a close friend and ... see all copies from $2.28! new only from $9.89! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur more books like this by Bernard Cornwell "The best Arthurian fiction since Gillian Bradshaw, if not Mary Stewart herself" ("The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction"), "Excalibur" offers a brilliant conclusion to Cornwell's popular Arthurian trilogy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.79! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe more books like this by Nancy Goldstone Set against the backdrop of the turbulent 13th century comes the story of the four beautiful daughters of the count of Provence, whose brilliant marriages made them the queens of France, England, Germany, and Sicily. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.47! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Lion of Ireland more books like this by Morgan Llywelyn The legend of Brian Boru, the greatest king of Ireland. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain more books like this by Maria Rosa Menocal, Professor Harold Bloom (Foreword by) This history of the Andalusian legacy reveals how, for a time, the three monotheistic faiths were able to coexist comfortably amongst each other and flourish. see all copies from $4.96! new only from $6.42! \| first editions \| SVS
21	A history of the Crusades. more books like this by Sir Steven Runciman see all copies from $15.77! new only from $21.58! \| first editions
22 view cover	In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made more books like this by N Cantor This history of the outbreak of bubonic plague that devastated the population of Europe in the 14th century examines a wide range of historical events and social changes that the author attributes to the Black Death. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The adventures of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim traveler of the fourteenth century more books like this by Ross E. Dunn Ross Dunn's classic retelling of the travels of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim of the 14th century. see all copies from $2.01! new only from $14.95! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Malleus Maleficarum of Kramer and Sprenger more books like this by Montague Summers (Editor), Heinrich Institoris Full text of most important witchhunter's "bible," used by both Catholics and Protestants. First published in 1486, the book includes everything known at the time about cults, illicit sex, dealings with the devil, and more. see all copies from $6.86! new only from $10.40! \| SVS
25 view cover	A short history of Byzantium more books like this by John Julius Norwich Published to coincide with a major exhibition on Byzantium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the spring of 1997, "Byzantium" tells the dramatic story of Byzantium, from its beginnings in A.D. 330, providing readers with a spirited, gripping, and original account of a great lost civilization and its magnificent artistic heritage. in full color. see all copies from $3.77! new only from $9.07! \| first editions \| SVS

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