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4) Renaissance
Author
Series
Physical Desc
59 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
An overview of the philosophy, inventions, art, government, religion, and daily life of the Renaissance.
Series
World eras volume 4
Physical Desc
xxvii, 519 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Author
Physical Desc
xvi, 221 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"John the Pupil is a medieval road movie in book form, recounting the journey taken from Oxford to Viterbo in 1267 by John and his two companions. Modeling themselves after Saint Francis, the trio treks by foot through Europe, preaching the gospel and begging for sustenance"--
14) The last crown
Author
Series
Bold volume 2
Physical Desc
530 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Across Baltic shores, English battlegrounds, and the land of Northen Lights, The Last Crown is the follow up to The Widow Queen, and the epic conclusion of Swietoslawa's journey from Polish princess to Queen of Denmark & Sweden and Queen Mother of England in Europe of over a thousand years ago, in the 10th century AD."--
15) The Middle Ages
Author
Physical Desc
xi, 580 pages, 60 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Physical Desc
394 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of how modernity emerged on the shores of the North Sea, uncovering a lost history of a thousand years rife with saints, spies, pirates, philosophers, artists, and intellectuals.
Author
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Middle Ages have just begun when Vigdis Adelaïs, a young woman from a prosperous French family, falls in love with David Todros, a student at the city's yeshiva, and the son of a rabbi. To be together, they must flee their city, Vigdis renouncing a life of privilege and comfort. Pursued by her father's knights and in constant danger of betrayal, the lovers embark on a dangerous journey to the south of France, only to find their brief happiness...
Author
Physical Desc
xviii, 307 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"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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