Collins, Paul
Summary: A narrative history of the origins of Western civilization argues that Europe was transformed in the tenth century from a continent rife with violence and ignorance to a continent on the rise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.1 COLBagge, Sverre
Summary: "Christianity and European-style monarchy--the cross and the scepter--were introduced to Scandinavia in the tenth century, a development that was to have profound implications for all of Europe. Cross and Scepter is a concise history of the Scandinavian kingdoms from the age of the Vikings to the Reformation, written by Scandinavia's leading medieval historian. Sverre Bagge shows how the rise...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Univ Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948.023 BAGJones, Dan
Summary: "For more than one thousand years, Christians and Muslims lived side by side, sometimes at peace and sometimes at war. When Christian armies seized Jerusalem in 1099, they began the most notorious period of conflict between the two religions. Depending on who you ask, the fall of the holy city was either an inspiring legend or the greatest of horrors. In Crusaders, Dan Jones interrogates the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Provides a portrait of life in Celtic Ireland, from A.D. 400 to 1200, through an examination of legends, ancient texts, artifacts, art, and architecture of the time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 941.501 WHAGabriele, Matthew
Summary: "A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, showing the beauty and communion that flourished alongside the dark brutality--a brilliant reflection of humanity itself."--Dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 GABWickham, Chris
Summary: Prizewinning historian Chris Wickham defies the conventional view of European history betweeen A.D. 400 and 1000 with a work of remarkable scope and rigorous yet accessible scholarship. Drawing on a wealth of new material and featuring a thoughtful synthesis of historical and archaeological approaches, Wickham argues that these centuries were critical in the formulation of European identity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 WICStokes, Jonathan W.
Summary: A guide to the Middle Ages for time travelers covers such topics as the Holy Roman Empire, Vikings, the Crusades, and medieval castles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2019
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 909.07 STOGitlin, Marty.
Summary: This entertaining volume reveals some of the grossest practices in hygiene, dining, fashion, and medicine of Medieval Europe. Serfs often smelled bad, and they bathed and relieved themselves in streams filled with garbage. Wealthier individuals who had bathrooms produced waste that was sent down chutes into the castle moat. Peasants and nobles commonly consumed animal parts that today we would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.1 GITJanega, Eleanor
Summary: "The Middle Ages: A Graphic Guide busts the myth of the 'Dark Ages', shedding light on the period's present-day relevance and interest in a unique illustrated style. This history takes us through the rise and fall of empires, papacies, caliphates and kingdoms; through the violence and death of the Crusades, Viking raids, the Hundred Years War and the Plague; to the curious practices of monks,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Icon Books 2021
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Summary: "An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the rise of the West--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Templars. When the once-mighty city of Rome was sacked by barbarians in 410 and lay in ruins, it signaled the end of an era--and the beginning of a thousand years of profound transformation. In a gripping narrative bursting with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 JONRoesser, Marie
Summary: "The Middle Ages aren't just an uninteresting period of history trapped between ancient times and the Renaissance, as the name suggests. It's 1,000 years of fascinating historical events, including the Crusades, the Black Death, and the longest war that has ever been fought. This comprehensible book takes young historians on the journey from the beginning of medieval times--with the fall of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.1 ROEHart, Avery.
Summary: Introduces the Middle Ages, including activities and crafts that are representative of medieval life, for example creating an hour glass, a catapult, a coat of arms, and a code of honor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Williamson Pub. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.1 HARLilly, Melinda.
Summary: Presents some of the details of the training and life of a knight in the Middle Ages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Pub. 2003