Medieval History

A spellbinding journey through the life of an English monk, an age of discovery and...

The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries In The Habsburgs, Martyn...

An unforgettable journey into the forgotten history of medieval Africa From the birth of Islam...

Huxley tells the strange true story of mass demonic possession and sexual hysteria which took...

A new history of the Vikings - told from their own perspective rather than that...

The best-selling historian of medieval manuscripts discovers the most intimate surviving relic of Thomas Becket...

The Knights Templar were among the most famous of Christian military orders. Created after the...

An order of warrior monks founded to protect pilgrims to Jerusalem, the Templars were among...

Like his crusading father before him, Simon de Montfort's combination of charisma, determination and fearlessness,...

An "excellent new biography" (Keith Thomas, New York Review of Books) of the wily and...

An "excellent new biography" (Keith Thomas, New York Review of Books) of the wily and...

'Fresh, gripping and vivid' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'A portrait that chills you to the bone'...

A glorious history of the jewel-like city on the Adriatic which was a melting-pot of...

The next volume in Alison Weir's magisterial history of the queens of Medieval England -...

The next volume in Alison Weir's magisterial history of the queens of Medieval England -...

In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's...

In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's...

A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller A Times, New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller A Times, New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year...

The story of the Vikings in North America as both fact and fiction, from the...

This engrossing and often witty account tells the life stories of nearly 70 individuals who...

Dripping with blood and gold, fetishized and tortured, gateway to earthly delights and point of...

The definitive translation of our history's founding legal document - translated with a new commentary...

From the bestselling author of Germania, Lotharinigia is the third installment in Simon Winder's personal...

It is the year of our Lord 1349 and it is the season of the...

Manuscripts teem with life. They are not only the stuff of history and literature, but...

An international bestseller. Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy has defined how people imagine and depict heaven...