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41) Los Templarios
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Hace más de siete siglos, nueve caballeros de Cristo se reunieron para constituir una nueva orden, la orden del Temple, encargada de proteger a los peregrinos en Tierra Santa. Se dice que al entrar en contacto con las civilizaciones de Oriente, los caballeros del Temple se convirtieron en depositarios de una tradición secreta en la que se entremezclan creencias y prácticas inconfesables. Dos siglos después de su fundación, los caballeros fueron...
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Vivid, eminently readable account by one of the foremost historians of the medieval period provides fascinating insights into the Church's role in village life, the development of towns and use of fields, the growth of chivalry and evolution of knighthood, monasticism, trade, and much more.
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Captivated by military antiquities, English scholar Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783–1848) pursued a lifelong passion for studying and collecting medieval armory. The results of his work are a continual source of learning and fascination for weapons buffs and anyone interested in the medieval period. Brimming with over seventy full-color illuminated engravings from Meyrick's original 1842 survey of weaponry from the Middle Ages, here is a stunning historical...
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In this classic of medieval literature, a brilliant and daring thinker relates the spellbinding story of his philosophical and spiritual enlightenment--and the tale of his tragic personal life as well. Peter Abélard paints an absorbing portrait of monastic and scholastic life in twelfth-century Paris, while also recounting the circumstances and consequences of one of history's most famous love stories--his doomed romance with Heloise. Considered...
45) Mobile
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Mobile is an uncivil feminist reboot of Dennis Lee's Civil Elegies and Other Poems; an urban lament about female citizenship and settler culpability; an homage to working and walking women in a love/hate relationship with Toronto, its rivers and creeks, its sidewalks and parks, its history, misogyny and violence. How do we, in Lee's words, see the "lives we had not lived" that "invisibly stain" the city? What are the sexual politics of occupying space...
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This profusely illustrated and thoroughly researched book describes in detail the diverse methods used to attack and defend castles during the Middle Ages. In a groundbreaking study-the first to shed light on the purpose, construction techniques, and effectiveness of medieval fortifications, noted nineteenth-century architect and writer Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc discusses such architectural elements as dungeons, keeps, battlements, and drawbridges....
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De 1096 a 1291, Occidente y Oriente escribieron una de las páginas más terribles de su larga y agitada historia. En efecto, en el transcurso de dos siglos, se organizaron ocho Cruzadas, en las que participaron los más grandes señores y caballeros de Europa, con el fin de ir a combatir a Tierra Santa y liberar Jerusalén de manos de los «infieles». Desde la primera expedición, encabezada por Godefroy de Bouillon, que dio origen a los Estados...
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While the knights of King Arthur's Round Table are toasting the new year, a colossal stranger clad in green armor bursts in to deliver a formidable challenge: Any of them may strike off the intruder's head as long as he is prepared to receive a similar blow from the Green Knight in one year. Of all the gallant knights in the assembly, only Sir Gawain-brave, gallant, and true to his word-is willing to answer the dare. So begins this gem of medieval...
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In 1476, an illiterate German street musician had a vision of the Virgin Mary and began to preach a radical social message that attracted thousands of followers-and antagonized the church. The drummer was burned at the stake. This swiftly moving narrative of his rise and fall paints a vivid portrait of 15th-century German society as it raises important questions about the craft of history.
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A look at the brutal, brilliant fourteenth-century ruler, by the bestselling author of The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England. Holding power for over fifty years starting in 1327, Edward III was one of England's most influential kings-and one who shaped the course of English history. Revered as one of the country's most illustrious leaders for centuries, he was also a usurper and a warmonger who ordered his uncle beheaded. A brutal man, to...
51) Rebel
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"With Merlin dead, the succession undecided, and the Celtic church on the defensive, intrigue sweeps the court of the High King Arthur. Kella O'Toole is consumed with the news that her fiancé is dead and then she must defy Queen Gwenhyfar's orders to search for her missing father. Alyn, a disillusioned priest who questions his calling, agrees to help her. After a perilous journey, they encounter a threatening viper's nest of treachery."--P. [4] of...
52) Knights
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IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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"Engaging images accompany information about knights. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
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La fascinante historia de la evolución de la Corona de Castilla del siglo X al XVIII.
Desde Alfonso VI y la conquista de Toledo, los Trastámara y la caída del reino de Granada hasta el Siglo de Oro y esplendor de la Monarquía Hispánica y su expansión europea, americana y asiática.
Una historia política y cultural de Castilla desde una perspectiva historiográfica novedosa.
La Corona de Castilla tuvo durante la época medieval y moderna una...
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The Crucible trilogy volume 3
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The world that the former monk Thomas Neville knows is crumbling about him. The Holy Mother Church of Rome is losing its power and men are coming to question the nature of religion and the role of those who rule them by sword and cross.
Thomas knows that it is not merely the dawning of a new time for men to try to think and judge for themselves but it is a direct result of the rift in the fabric of the world, where demons have escaped their prison...
55) The Wounded Hawk
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The Crucible trilogy volume 2
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The Middle Ages. Finally, the Black Plague has passed and for a while it seems evil has been defeated. Europe recovers; prosperity returns, trade resumes, and people slowly recover from the effects of the plague. Then, just as the Church relaxes its guard, war spreads across Europe. Widespread heresies challenge the authority of the Church. Revolts and rebellions threaten to topple the established monarchies and overturn the social order of Europe....
56) The Nameless Day
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The Crucible trilogy volume 1
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The Black Plague. The Pestilence. Disease and death haunt every town and village across 14th century Europe and none are immune from its evil. Some see the devastation of their world as a sign from God for Man's wickedness.
But Brother Thomas Neville sees this swath of death as something much more. Neville is a man beset by demons. Or is it angels? He has had a visitation from none other than the Archangel Michael, who commands Thomas to a mission....
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MacLerie series volume 3
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From the USA Today–bestselling author of Surrender to the Highlander. "Brisbin's nicely crafted romance beautifully renders its characters' growth." -RT Book Reviews
Marian Robertson rescued a child and destroyed her reputation. Now, to keep her family safe, she must marry the stern, dark-eyed warrior negotiating a truce between their clans-and risk her heart to protect the truth.
Manipulated into marrying the exiled "Robertson Harlot," Duncan,...
58) Borderland Bride
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In the wilderness of 14th century Northumbria, Lady Isabel discovers just how dangerous the Borderlands can be. With the loss of her voice and her hearing, there is little hope left for her.But when a brooding knight rescues her, she vows never to become a victim again and buries the secrets of her past in the hope that those hunting her will never find her in the Borderlands.Jake is astonished to come across the beautiful Isabel, near to death, on...
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Flamenca es la bella esposa de Archimbaut, un caballero enamorado y celoso que la recluye en una torre, sólo le permite salir a los oficios religiosos y a tomar baños medicinales. En tanto, el virtuoso Guillermo se enamora de oídas de ella, la espía y apenas logra atisbar su rostro; aunque, con la ayuda de Amor, ambos se conocen en los sueños. Luego de largas dubitaciones, llegan los encuentros y el abandono a los placeres.
El román de Flamenca...
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Ceri, a Welsh wisewoman, has been in love with her half-Norman, half-Welsh overlord from afar for years. But Lord Taliesan doesn't even know she exists until Ceri decides to cast a web of enchantment over him, but it will only last for as long as he remains in their village. But eventually, against his will, Lord Taliesan is brought back to the castle and he forgets Ceri. But Ceri follows him, hoping that a deeper kind of magic will make him remember...
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