Hilliam, David.
Summary: Relates how King Richard I of England and his troops nearly wrested Jerusalem from Muslim leader Saladin and the Saracens during the Third Crusade in 1191 A.D.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Pub. Group 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.18 HILSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: Explores the nature of Islam and unfolds many of its inner-dimensions. It dispels many myths and discusses contributions to science and math.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 LEGJulian
Summary: And I saw full surely that ere God made us He loved us; which love was never slacked nor ever shall be. And in this love He hath done all His works, and in this love He hath made all things profitable to us, and in this love our life is everlasting.' Julian of Norwich saw this love as the answer to the problems of confusion, division, and evil in the world. More than 600 years later, Christians...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: christianaudio.com 2009
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Akyol, Mustafa
Summary: Looks at the Islamic view of Jesus, exploring its origins in the seventh century and how it relates to the views of the Jews and Christians of the day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martins Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 AKYRogerson, Barnaby.
Summary: The Crusades were the bridge between medieval and modern history, between feudalism and colonialism. In many ways, the little explored later Crusades were the most significant of them all, for they made the crisis truly global. "The Last Crusaders" is about the period's last great conflict between East and West, and the titanic contest between Habsburg-led Christendom and the Ottoman Empire in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.015 ROGSiljander, Mark D.
Contents: Hostage -- Paradigm crash -- The secret language of the Bible -- The other Holy Book -- Miracle in the Sahara -- To love thine enemies -- The path of Ananias -- My apology -- Full circle -- Pillars and bridges -- A hug from His Holiness -- Jesus, the Ruhallah -- To walk in another man's sandals -- Jihad -- Scrutiny -- On the green line again -- Path of peace in a time of war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.2 SILJebara, Mohamad
Summary: Based on extensive scholarship, an innovative biography of the central text of Islam Over a billion copies of the Qur`an exist, yet it remains an enigma. Its classical Arabic language resists simple translation, and its non-linear style of abstract musings defies categorization. Moreover, those who champion its sanctity and compete to claim its mantle offer widely diverging interpretations of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Essentials 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This remarkable story from the past is especially timely today. Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this film retraces the 800 years in medieval Spain when Muslims, Christians, and Jews forged a common cultural identity that frequently transcended their religious differences, revealing what made this rare and fruitful collaboration possible, and what ultimately tore it apart.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ORNThomas, M. J.
Summary: Peter, nine, Mary, ten, and their dog, Hank, journey into biblical history to the time of the battle of Jericho, where they meet Israelite spies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: WorthyKids/Ideals 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC THOWeir, Alison
Summary: "Spanning the years from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the dawn of a new era in 1154, when Henry II succeeded to the throne and Eleanor of Aquitaine, the first Plantagenet queen, was crowned, this ... book brings to ... life five women: Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king; Matilda of Scotland, revered as 'the common mother of all England'; Adeliza of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballentine Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WEIBagge, 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Univ Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948.023 BAGSummary: Founded in 1230, Scotland's Pluscarden Abbey still pulses with the prayers and spiritual pursuits of Benedictine monks. Abbot Hugh Gilbert describes their work in reassuringly human terms, framing the Christian battle against Satanic evil as an inner struggle within one's own psyche. But, as this program shows, the culture which brought Pluscarden into existence was rigidly institutional-and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Rhodes, Ron.
Contents: Dialoguing with Muslims -- Muhammad and the emergence of Islam -- A Christian critique of Muhammad -- The Quran: the scriptures of Islam -- A Christian critique of the Quran -- Allah: the God of Islam -- The biblical view of God -- Jesus: a prophet of Islam -- The biblical view of Jesus -- The Muslim view of the Bible -- A defense of the Bible -- Sin and salvation in Islam -- The Muslim view of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 266.0088 RHOWeir, Alison
Summary: "Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history chronicles the first five queens from the powerful royal family that ruled England and France for over three hundred years. This remarkable recreation of the action-packed century that saw the murder of Thomas Becket and the signing of the Magna Carta covers the lives and reigns of the first five...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 WEICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WEIKarabell, Zachary.
Summary: Includes information on Abbasid caliphate, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Alexandria, Andalusia, Antioch, Arabic language, Armenians, Baghdad, Balkans, Beirut, Berbers, Byzantine Empire, Cairo, Christianity, Christians, Constantinople, Cordoba, Crusades, Damascus, Egypt, England, Europe, Fatimid dynasty, France, Franks, Greek Orthodox Church, ancient Greeks, Habsburgs, Caliph Harun al-Rashid, Hebrew...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 201 KARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 201.5 KARSummary: Although rooted in religious misogyny and crude anatomical knowledge, the sexual mores of the medieval era were surprisingly complex. This program explores the attitudes and behaviors of a sexual culture that was by turns romantic, transactional, and perverse. Documents and historical accounts include the story of Christina of Markyate, who defied marital conventions and maintained a lifelong...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Crowley, Roger
Summary: A thrilling account of the brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Islam for the soul of Europe. This struggle's brutal climax came between 1565 and 1571, seven years that witnessed a fight to the finish decided in a series of bloody set pieces: the epic siege of Malta, in which a tiny band of Christian defenders defied the might of the Ottoman army; the savage battle for Cyprus;...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Lester, Toby.
Contents: Awakening -- Old World. Matthew's maps ; Scourge of God ; The description of the world ; through the Ocean Sea ; Seeing is believing -- New World. Rediscovery ; Ptolemy the Wise ; the Florentine perspective ; Terrae incognitae ; Into African climes ; The learned men ; Cape of Storms ; Colombo ; The Admiral ; Christ-bearer ; Amerigo -- The whole world. Gymnasium ; World without end ; Afterworld...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 912.73 LESSummary: From the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greece and Rome, the course explores the shape and impact of large ancient empires, including those of Persia and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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5 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 FOUCall number: DVD 909 FOU PART 1
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Kreiner, Jamie
Summary: "A revelatory account of how Christian monks identified distraction as a fundamental challenge, and how their efforts to defeat it can inform ours, more than a millennium later"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 206 KREFrye, David
Summary: "A survey of walls throughout history and their role in shaping society."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 FRYRadley, Gail
Summary: "Understanding Islam covers the history of Islam and explores how the religion has evolved and expanded. Readers learn about worship practices, women's roles, and the world contributions Muslims have made. This title also discusses the discrimination Muslims have faced in the West, and explores controversies surrounding terrorism"--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 297 RADSummary: What, exactly, is religion? Why does one religious tradition often differ so markedly from another? Why--despite their common source--are the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam so different? What kinds of factors separate the beliefs of a Hindu or Buddhist from the 'people of the book' and from other sects of Hindus or Buddhists? Religion affects everyone's life, whether...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 291 COMCall number: DVD 291 COM