From the New York Times bestselling author of Perfect Partners, here is the sequel to Gift of Gold, now beautifully repackaged. Verity Ames and Jonas Quarrel are hired to find a lost medieval treasur
The bold new cat samurai action series from the creator of Shaman King! In medieval Japan, a bell hanging on the collar is a sign that a cat has a master. Norachiyo's bell hang
The East End is one of the most famous parts of London and it has had its own distinctive identity since the district was first settled in medieval times. It is best known for extremes of poverty and
The bold new cat samurai action series from the creator of Shaman King! In medieval Japan, a bell hanging on the collar is a sign that a cat has a master. Norachiyo's bell hangs from his katana sh
The bold new cat samurai action series from the creator of Shaman King! In medieval Japan, a bell hanging on the collar is a sign that a cat has a master. Norachiyo's bell hangs from his katana sh
There is a medieval tournament at Sir Lance's castle and Mr Uppity and his friends are invited. How will the Mr Men fare with the heavy armour, jousting and sword fighting and will they rise to the ch
" Set in the medieval town of Shrewsbury, this is the third in the compelling Martha Gunn series. When a woman arrives in A & E clutching a child in a pink blanket, Martha Gunn is not quite ready
In a little town in Romania, a mass grave is discovered near the excavations of a Roman fort. Are the dead the victims of a medieval plague or, perhaps, of a Communist firing squad? And why are finge
In a life of ceaseless exploration, Marco Polo pushed out the borders of his narrow medieval world. Born in Venice in 1254, the young Marco Polo first met his father at age 15, when the elder Polo ret
This children's history book has everything you need to know about medieval castles, including knights, jousting, sieges, drawbridges, and forts.Learn about castle design, from the earliest motte and
This children's history book has everything you need to know about medieval castles, including knights, jousting, sieges, drawbridges, and forts.Learn about castle design, from the earliest motte and
This children's history book has everything you need to know about medieval castles, including knights, jousting, sieges, drawbridges, and forts.Learn about castle design, from the earliest motte and
In Boccaccio’s Corpus, James C. Kriesel explores how medieval ideas about the body and gender inspired Boccaccio’s vernacular and Latin writings. Scholars have observed that Boccaccio distinguished hi
This book is an introduction to Islamic Philosophy, beginning with its Medieval inception, right through to its more contemporary incarnations. Using the language and conceptual apparatus of contempor
For centuries, women’s self-portraiture was a highly overlooked genre. Beginning with the self-portraits of nuns in medieval illuminated manuscripts, Seeing Ourselves finally gives this richly diverse
Physical Evidence for Ritual Acts, Sorcery and Witchcraft in Christian Britain investigates the physical evidence for magic in medieval and modern Britain, including ritual marks and designs, conceale
Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870) was a popular and critically acclaimed poet, novelist, travel writer, historian, biographer, artist, and medieval scholar, whose long life spanned the nineteenth cen
In Alain Chartier: Pere de l’eloquence francaise contributors explore the diverse literary production of this influential late-medieval writer, whose concern with personal and political ethics and ren
"Professor Collette's approach to this challenging and provocative poem reflects her wide scholarly interests, her expertise in the area of representations of women in late medieval European society,
Becoming Christian argues that romance narratives of Jews and Muslims converting to Christianity register theological formations of race in post-Reformation England. The medieval motif of infidel conv
A Handbook to Middle English Studies presents a series of original essays from leading literary scholars that explore the relationship between critical theory and late medieval literature.Includes 26
The Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators consists of over 3,000 entries on a range of British artists, from medieval manuscript illuminators to contemporary cartoonists. Its
The medieval Islamic world comprised a wide variety of religions. While individuals and communities in this world identified themselves with particular faiths, boundaries between these groups were vag
While the great medieval philosopher, theologian, and physician Maimonides is acknowledged as a leading Jewish thinker, his intellectual contacts with his surrounding world are often described as rela
Simultaneous critical editions based on all available evidence, with an introduction, English translations, and commentaries of the Greek text and a medieval Arabic translation of Theophrastus’s On Fi
While the great medieval philosopher, theologian, and physician Maimonides is acknowledged as a leading Jewish thinker, his intellectual contacts with his surrounding world are often described as rela
In this history of Florence, distinguished historian John Najemy discusses all the major developments in Florentine history from 1200 to 1575. Captures Florence's transformation from a medieval commu
Volume one of the eponymous series, this publication runs alphabetically from Aaron to Azarethus. Editors Savvides (Byzantine and Medieval history, Aegean U., Rhodes, Greece) and Hendrickx (Greek stud
In this history of Florence, distinguished historian John Najemy discusses all the major developments in Florentine history from 1200 to 1575. Captures Florence's transformation from a medieval commu
European and American scholars investigate the degree to which ancient practices and traditions of human sacrifice are reflected in medieval and modern traditions. In antiquity, they focus especially
Armenian and Iranian Studies brings together select articles published in disparate journals and volumes over the past two decades. Some deal exclusively with either Armeniaca (ancient, medieval, and
This book is an attempt to explain how, in the face of increasing religious authoritarianism in medieval Islamic civilization, some Muslim thinkers continued to pursue essentially humanistic, rational
Far more than any professional historian, Shakespeare is responsible for whatever notions most of us possess about English medieval history. Anyone who appreciates the dramatic action of Shakespeare'
This volume contains a collection of studies describing and analyzing stereotypes of women in the religions of Ancient Israel and Mesopotamia, and in Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Medieval Christianity, Is
In the field of medieval Indian historiography, an eight-volume magnum opus, History of India as Told by Its Own Historians, by Sir Henry Myers Elliot (1808-53) and the editor-compiler of his posthumo
In the field of medieval Indian historiography, an eight-volume magnum opus, History of India as Told by Its Own Historians, by Sir Henry Myers Elliot (1808-53) and the editor-compiler of his posthumo
The aim of this book is to promote the thesis that myth may illuminate archaeology and that on occasion archaeology may shed light on myth. Medieval Irish literature is rich in mythic themes and some
Stuck in medieval England with no cell service...Christian Thornton keeps losing his betrothed. The ladies have heard a terrible rumor and flee so the last thing he needs is a vexing future girl showi
“Ted Hughes was a great man and a great poet because of his wholeness and his simplicity and his unfaltering truth to his own sense of the world.” —Seamus HeaneyOriginally, the medieval bestiary, or b
In June 1914, Europe was enjoying unprecedented peace and prosperity. Little over a month later, the world was at war and only a handful of people knew it was happening. Inspired by the medieval myste
