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The Crusades: An Epitome
PaperbackOriginal price $12.50 - Original price $12.50Original price $12.50$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /This sweeping yet succinct new survey introduces readers to the history of the crusades from the eleventh to the twenty-first century. By synthes...
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Coffee and Coffeehouses: The Origins of a Social Beverage in the Medieval Near East / Edition 1
PaperbackOriginal price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price $25.00$36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /Drawing on the accounts of early European travelers, original Arabic sources on jurisprudence and etiquette, and treatises on coffee from the per...
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The Middle Ages in 50 Objects
HardcoverOriginal price $34.95Original price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /The extraordinary array of images included in this volume reveals the full and rich history of the Middle Ages. Exploring material objects from t...
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The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple, 1119-1312
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00$21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /The warrior knights of the cross The Knights Templar were one of the most famous Christian military orders of the medieval period. Officially en...
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The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane / Edition 1
PaperbackOriginal price $28.99Original price $28.99 - Original price $28.99Original price $28.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /This is the first serious study of Tamerlane, the great nomad conqueror who rose to power in 1370 on the ruins of the Mongol Empire and led his a...
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The Crusades and the Christian World of the East: Rough Tolerance
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$30.99$30.99 - $30.99Current price $30.99| /In the wake of Jerusalem's fall in 1099, the crusading armies of western Christians known as the Franks found themselves governing not only Musli...
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When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the ""Riches of the ""East""
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /While European civilization stagnated in the "Dark Ages," Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion. Linked together...
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The Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States
PaperbackOriginal price $16.99 - Original price $16.99Original price $16.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /From Michael Haag, bestselling author of The Templars: The History and the Myth, comes The Tragedy of the Templars, an exciting new look at the r...
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The Crusades: A Very Short Introduction
PaperbackOriginal price $11.95 - Original price $11.95Original price $11.95$13.99$13.99 - $13.99Current price $13.99| /With flair and originality, Christopher Tyerman presents a clear and lively discussion of the Crusades, bringing together issues of colonialism, ...
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The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
PaperbackOriginal price $19.00Original price $19.00 - Original price $19.00Original price $19.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance. Many ...
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The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple, 1119-1312
HardcoverOriginal price $29.00 - Original price $29.00Original price $29.00$35.99$35.99 - $35.99Current price $35.99| /The warrior knights of the cross The Knights Templar were one of the most famous Christian military orders of the medieval period. Officially end...
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Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century
PaperbackOriginal price $31.00 - Original price $31.00Original price $31.00$44.99$44.99 - $44.99Current price $44.99| /John Boswell’s National Book Award-winning study of the history of attitudes toward homosexuality in the early Christian West was a groundbreakin...
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Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane
PaperbackOriginal price $22.95Original price $22.95 - Original price $22.95Original price $22.95Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /The forgotten story of Central Asia's enlightenment—its rise, fall, and enduring legacyIn this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Freder...
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The First Crusade: "The Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres" and Other Source Materials / Edition 2
PaperbackOriginal price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95$39.99$39.99 - $39.99Current price $39.99| /The First Crusade received its name and shape late. To its contemporaries, the event was a journey and the men who took part in it pilgrims. Only...
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Nordic Religions in the Viking Age
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$30.99$30.99 - $30.99Current price $30.99| /The popular image of the Viking as a horn-helmeted berserker plying the ocean in a dragon-headed long boat is firmly fixed in history. Imagining ...
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Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World
PaperbackOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /The New York Times bestselling author of A History of God skillfully narrates the history of the Crusades with a view toward their profound and c...
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The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /From a master historian, the definitive account of history's first terrorists An offshoot of the Ismaili Shi'ite sect of Islam, the Assassins we...
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From Boys to Men: Formations of Masculinity in Late Medieval Europe / Edition 1
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$30.99$30.99 - $30.99Current price $30.99| /While the social identity of women in medieval society hinged largely on the ritual of marriage, identity for men was derived from belonging to a...
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1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
HardcoverOriginal price $28.00Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00Original price $28.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /A gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signale...
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The Secret History
PaperbackOriginal price $16.00 - Original price $16.00Original price $16.00$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclai...
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Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
PaperbackOriginal price $26.95Original price $26.95 - Original price $26.95Original price $26.95Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /A captivating account of the legendary empire that made Western civilization possibleByzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism—gold, cunn...
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Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance
PaperbackOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00$43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /The rise and fall of the Islamic scientific tradition, and the relationship of Islamic science to European science during the Renaissance.The Isl...
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A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95$26.99$26.99 - $26.99Current price $26.99| /On the great influence of a valiant lord: "The companions, who see that good warriors are honored by the great lords for their prowess, become mo...
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Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
PaperbackOriginal price $17.00Original price $17.00 - Original price $17.00Original price $17.00Current price $16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Filled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary ...
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