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Medieval Mercenaries William Urban 9781848328549
RRP: $32.25$22.73The Middle Ages were a turbulent and violent time, when the fate of nations was most often decided on the battlefield, and strength of arms was key to acquiring and maintaining power. Feudal oaths and local militias were more often than not incapable of... -
Offa and the Mercian Wars Chris Peers 9781526711502
RRP: $19.34$14.13In England in the eighth century, in the midst of the so-called Dark Ages, Offa ruled Mercia, one of the strongest Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. For over 30 years he was the dominant warlord in the territory south of the Humber and the driving force behind the... -
Byzantine Fortifications: Protecting the Roman Empire in the East by Kontogiannis, Nikos D
RRP: $32.25$27.54The Byzantine empire was one of the most powerful forces in the Mediterranean and Near East for over a thousand years. Strong military organization, in particular widespread fortifications, was essential for its defence. Yet this aspect of its history is... -
The Fortress Kingdom: The Wars of Aethelflaed and Edward the Elder, 899-927 Paul Hill 9781399010610
RRP: $32.25$22.73In this the second part of his four-volume military and political history of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Paul Hill follows the careers of thelfl d, Alfred the Great's eldest daughter, and Edward the Elder, Alfred's eldest son, as they campaigned to expand... -
Britain in the Age of Arthur: A Military History by Ilkka Syvanne 9781473895201
RRP: $32.25$23.25King Arthur is one of the most controversial topics of early British history. Are the legends based on a real historical figure or pure mythological invention? Ilkka Syvanne's study breaks new ground, adopting a novel approach to the sources by... -
Mysteries of the Norman Conquest: Unravelling the Truth of the Battle of Hastings and the Events of 1066 by Allred, Robert 9781399088039
RRP: $32.25$22.73Recent challenges to the traditional site of the Battle of Hastings have led to a surge of interest in the events surrounding England's most famous battle. This, in turn, has increased speculation that the titanic struggle for the English crown in 1066... -
To Follow in Their Footsteps: The Crusades and Family Memory in the High Middle Ages by Nicholas L. Paul
RRP: $37.40$32.71When the First Crusade ended with the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099, jubilant crusaders returned home to Europe bringing with them stories, sacred relics, and other memorabilia, including banners, jewelry, and weapons. In the ensuing decades, the memory... -
The Knights Templar Helen J. Nicholson (Professor of Medieval History, Cardiff University) 9781641891684
RRP: $20.58$20.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641891684Author Helen J. NicholsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press -
Medieval Handgonnes: The first black powder infantry weapons Sean McLachlan 9781849081559
RRP: $20.63$17.20In the early 14th century, a new weapon entered the arsenals of European armies. This first generation of black powder weapons put fear into the heart of the enemy and in 1453 Ottoman cannon succeeded in pummelling the once-impregnable walls of... -
Twenty Battles That Shaped Medieval Europe by Georgios Theotokis 9780719828737 [USED COPY]
RRP: $32.25$7.21Warfare has been central to European history for millennia; Twenty Battles that Shaped Medieval Europe examines the strategy, military and equipment and battle-tactics of European armies in the Middle Ages. Its fundamental aim is to stimulate the... -
Twenty Battles That Shaped Medieval Europe by Georgios Theotokis
RRP: $32.25$26.19Warfare has been central to European history for millennia; Twenty Battles that Shaped Medieval Europe examines the strategy, military and equipment and battle-tactics of European armies in the Middle Ages. Its fundamental aim is to stimulate the... -
Viking and Slavic Ornamental Designs by Igor Dominik Gorewicz 9781945430794
RRP: $24.51$15.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945430794Author Igor Dominik GorewiczFormat PaperbackPage Count 123Imprint Triglav PublishingPublisher Triglav PublishingWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)... -
Landscapes of the Norman Conquest by Rowley, Trevor 9781526724281
RRP: $32.25$22.73For a long time, the Norman Conquest has been viewed as a turning point in English history; an event which transformed English identity, sovereignty, kingship, and culture. The years between 1066 and 1086 saw the largest transfer of property ever seen in... -
Magna Carta: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Great Charter and its Influence on Medieval England and the Rest of the World by Captivating History 9781647486525
RRP: $25.76$15.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647486525Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm)... -
Teutonic Knight: 12th-16th Centuries by David Nicolle 9781846030758
RRP: $19.34$15.84The Military Order of Teutonic Knights was one of the three most famous Crusading Orders, on a par with the Templars and the Hospitallers. Originally focusing on the preservation of the Crusader States in the Middle East, after the loss of their Middle... -
The Hundred Years War: Cursed Kings: Volume 4 by Jonathan Sumption 9780812223880
$73.32Jonathan Sumption's Cursed Kings is the eagerly anticipated fourth volume in what Allan Massie has called "one of the great historical works of our time." Cursed Kings tells the story of the destruction of France by the madness of its king and the greed... -
Knights Templar by Graeme Davis
RRP: $18.05$16.00Born in the dark days of the great crusades, the warrior monks of the Knights Templar vowed to defend pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. Yet strangely, there are few historical records of the Templars ever fulfilling this task. Instead, their history... -
Viking and Slavic Ornamental Design by Igor Gorewicz 9781945430770
RRP: $24.51$14.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945430770Author Igor GorewiczFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Triglav PublishingPublisher Triglav PublishingWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 254mm *... -
Forest of Foes by Matthew Harffy 9781801102322
RRP: $25.80$23.83In this action-packed new Bernicia Chronicles adventure from Matthew Harffy, Beobrand finds himself in a dangerous foreign land, caught between warring factions of royalty and the Church. AD 652. Beobrand has been ordered to lead a group of pilgrims to... -
The Black Prince and the Capture of a King: Poitiers 1356 by Morgen Witzel 9781612004518
RRP: $32.25$26.43The capture of a king in the course of a battle was a relatively rare event. This, the climactic event of the Black Prince's first campaign as commander, came at the end of nearly a year of campaigning across the southwest of France. The battle of... -
A Sacred Storm by Theodore Brun
RRP: $11.60$9.12'A masterly debut... If Bernard Cornwall and George R.R. Martin had a lovechild, it would look like A Mighty Dawn. I devoured it late into the night, and eagerly await the sequel.' Antonia Senior on A Mighty Dawn_______________________Forged in fire... -
The Rise and Fall of the Mounted Knight by Clive Hart
RRP: $32.25$22.73The medieval mounted knight was a fearsome weapon of war, captivating and horrifying in equal measure, they are a continuing source of fascination. They have been both held up as a paragon of chivalry, whilst often being condemned as oppressive and... -
Men of Terror: A Comprehensive Analysis of Viking Combat by William R Short
RRP: $64.50$41.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594163609Author William R ShortFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Westholme PublishingPublisher Westholme PublishingWeight(grams) 816gDimensions(mm)... -
The Battle of Carham: A Thousand Years On by Neil McGuigan
RRP: $38.70$26.57Very little is known about the battle of Carham, fought between the Scots and Northumbrians in 1018. The leaders were probably Mael Coluim II, king of Scotland, and Uhtred of Bamburgh, earl or ealdorman in Northumbria. The outcome of the battle was a... -
Early Medieval Militarisation by Ellora Bennett 9781526171801
RRP: $32.25$28.42The societies of ancient Europe underwent a continual process of militarisation, and this would come to be a defining characteristic of the early Middle Ages. The process was neither linear nor mono-causal, but it affected society as a whole,... -
The Battles That Created England 793-1100: How Alfred and his Successors Defeated the Vikings to Unite the Kingdoms by Arthur C Wright
RRP: $32.25$22.73In popular imagination the warfare of the Early Middle Ages is often obscure, unstructured, and unimaginative, lost between two military machines, the Romans' and the Normans', which saw the country invaded and partitioned. In point of fact, we have a... -
Agincourt: Myth and Reality 1415-2015 by Stephen Cooper 9781848844629 [USED COPY]
RRP: $25.79$3.61The overwhelming victory of Henry V's English army at Agincourt in October 1415 has passed into myth - as one of the defining events of the Hundred Years War against France, as a feat of arms outshining the previous famous English victories at Crecy and... -
Armies of the Normans 911–1194: Organization, Equipment and Tactics by Gabriele Esposito 9781399047401
RRP: $32.25$22.73The Norman story began in 911, when a frightened French king (Charles III ‘the Simple’) gave land on the Channel coast to the Viking leader Rollo in return for adopting Christianity and helping repel other Viking marauders. Rollo and his fellow Norsemen... -
Armies of the Crusaders, 1096–1291: History, Organization, Weapons and Equipment by Gabriele Esposito 9781399067447
RRP: $32.25$22.73The Crusades were among the most astonishing historical events that took place during the Middle Ages. After centuries of relative isolation following the fall of the Roman Empire, Western Europe looked again towards the Middle East in search of lands to... -
Logistics of the First Crusade: Acquiring Supplies Amid Chaos by Gregory D. Bell 9781498586429
RRP: $45.15$41.91In the late eleventh century, tens of thousands of people-knights and peasants, men and women, priests and lords-set out on a long and arduous journey to retake the holy city of Jerusalem. They traveled thousands of miles across difficult terrain and... -
The Battle of Hastings: The Fall of the Anglo-Saxons and the Rise of the Normans by Jim Bradbury
RRP: $23.16$14.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643139449Author Jim BradburyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm *... -
Geoffroy of Villehardouin, Marshal of Champagne: His Life and Memoirs of the Fourth Crusade by Theodore Evergates 9781501773495
RRP: $45.15$40.17Geoffroy of Villehardouin, Marshal of Champagne by Theodore Evergates traces the remarkable life of Geoffroy of Villehardouin (c. 1148-c. 1217) from his earliest years in Champagne through his last years in Greece after the crusade. The fourth son of a... -
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream: The Crusades, Apocalyptic Prophecy, and the End of History by Jay Rubenstein
RRP: $49.01$42.02In 1099, the soldiers of the First Crusade, summoned by the Pope and gathered from throughout Christendom, took Jerusalem. As the news of this victory spread throughout Medieval Europe, it felt nothing less than miraculous and dream-like, to such an... -
The Apple of His Eye: Converts from Islam in the Reign of Louis IX by William Chester Jordan
RRP: $36.12$28.12The thirteenth century brought new urgency to Catholic efforts to convert non-Christians, and no Catholic ruler was more dedicated to this undertaking than King Louis IX of France. His military expeditions against Islam are well documented, but there was... -
Warfare in the Age of Crusades: Europe by Brian Todd Carey 9781526730176
RRP: $32.25$22.73Warfare in the Age of Crusades: Europe explores in fascinating detail the key campaigns, battles and sieges that shaped the crusading period in Europe during the Middle Ages, giving special attention to military technologies, tactics and strategies. Key... -
Dracula: Essays on the Life and Times of Vlad the Impaler by Kurt Treptow 9781592110094
RRP: $64.44$57.82Dracula - the fifteenth-century Romanian prince, also known as Vlad the Impaler [?epe?], is one of the most fascinating personalities of medieval history. This book includes a wide range of studies on the life and times of Vlad III Dracula by leading... -
Mercenaries to Conquerors by Paul Brown 9781473828476
RRP: $32.25$32.22When a band of Norman adventurers arrived in southern Italy to fight in the Lombard insurrections against the Byzantine empire in the early 1000s, few would have predicted that within a few generations, by force of arms, some of these men and other later... -
In the Manner of the Franks: Hunting, Kingship, and Masculinity in Early Medieval Europe by Eric J. Goldberg
RRP: $95.46$85.20Eric J. Goldberg traces the long history of early medieval hunting from the late Roman Empire to the death of the last Carolingian king, Louis V, in a hunting accident in 987. He focuses chiefly on elite men and the changing role that hunting played in... -
In In Distant Lands: A Short History of the Crusades by Lars Brownworth 9781909979505
$17.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909979505Author Lars BrownworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Crux PublishingPublisher Crux PublishingDimensions(mm) 220mm * 126mm * 16mm -
The Anglo Saxon Conquest of England by Jim Storr 9781804512982
RRP: $32.25$22.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512982Author Jim StorrFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company