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King John(2003)The most recent ideas and arguments from leading historians of John's reign.Vezava: Mehka40,14 € -
Falls of Rome(2021) SALZMAN, MICHELE RENEE (UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE)This book is essential reading for understanding what happened to Rome at the end of antiquity. By focusing on the actions of senatorial aristocrats, I explore the restoration of the city of Rome and the slow growth of the influence of the papacy at theVezava: Trda68,43 € -
King John(2016) MORRIS, MARCThe brilliantly compelling new biography of the treacherous and tyrannical King John, published to coincide with the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. King John is familiar to everyone as the villain from the tales of Robin Hood — greedy, cowardly, despVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts(2017)Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts explores the administration of justice during Islam’s founding period, 632–1250 CE. Inspired by the scholarship of Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, ten scholars of Islamic law draw on diverse sources including historicVezava: Trda63,60 € -
African Dominion(2019) GOMEZ, MICHAELIn a radically new account of the importance of early Africa in global history, Gomez traces how Islam's growth in West Africa, along with intensifying commerce that included slaves, resulted in a series of political experiments unique to the region, culmVezava: Mehka48,47 € -
Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II(2019) WARNER, KATHRYNFirst biography of 'the greatest villain of the fourteenth century'.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Eternal Light and Earthly Concerns(2021) FOURACRE, PAULThis book investigates how the practice of keeping a light burning in churches was established in the early Middle Ages. It asks what the material consequences of implementing the practice were and why it ceased at the end of the Middle Ages. -- .Vezava: Trda129,20 € -
Lance, Spear, Sword, and Messer(2022) TOBLER, CHRISTIAN HENRYThis book covers the fighting traditions of the late 14th and early 15th centuries, particularly as recorded by Johannes Liechtenauer (1300-1389), with sections on the two-handed sword, spear, poleaxe, wrestling, and the use of long shields. It also proviVezava: Mehka81,38 € -
Edward the Elder(2022) KEY, MICHAEL JOHNNew in paperback - The first biography of Alfred the Great's son, the forgotten king who was crucial to uniting England.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Æthelflæd(2018) CLARKSON, TIMKnown as the Lady of the Mercians in the 900s, Aethelflaed ruled Mercia on her own after her husband’s death, leading the army to war and earning a fearsome reputation. She became a competent general and helped to drive the Vikings out of England. This boVezava: Mehka24,94 € -
Arab Conquests(2021) MAROZZI, JUSTINThe story of the Muslim conquests of the 7th and 8th centuries AD, when armies inspired by the new religion of Islam burst out of Arabia to subjugate the Levant, southwest Asia, North Africa and the Iberian peninsula, destroying two great empires in the pVezava: Trda30,54 € -
Oromo and the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia(2017) MOHAMMED HASSEN, MOHAMMED (CUSTOMER)First full-length history of the Oromo 1300-1700; explains their key part in the medieval Christian kingdom and demonstrates their importance in shaping Ethiopian history.Vezava: Mehka66,63 € -
Richard III and the Princes in the Tower(2014) WEIR, ALISONIncludes a new foreword by the author The story of the death, in sinister circumstances, of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Painful Pleasures(2022)The chapters of Painful pleasures offer new and worthwhile pathways of examination into medieval culture and invite further analyses into the kinkier side of human sexualities, a side that in fact could not be more central to a study of our culture. -- .Vezava: Trda136,80 € -
Hermits and Anchorites in England, 1200–1550(2019)This book provides an unprecedented range of sources for the solitary life in late-medieval England, including many that have never before been published, alongside a scholarly introduction and commentary by one of the foremost experts in the field. -- .Vezava: Mehka35,63 € -
Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire(2017) POURSHARIATI, PARVANEHDecline and Fall of the Sasanians has already been praised as one of the most intellectually exciting books about ancient Persia to have been published for years.Vezava: Mehka38,24 € -
Edward the Elder(2019) KEY, MICHAEL JOHNThe first biography of Alfred the Great's son, the forgotten king who was crucial to uniting England.Vezava: Trda28,04 €









