Awakening. A History of the Western Mind AD 500 - AD 1700, Hardback - Charles Freeman

A popular telling of the story of the revival of European intellectual life after the collapse of civilisation that followed the fall of the Roman ...

The conversion of the emperor Constantine to Christianity in 368 AD brought a transformation to Christianity and to western civilization, the effec...

Reducere. A radical and powerful reappraisal of the impact of Constantine's adoption of Christianity on the later Roman world, and on the subsequent developm...

Reducere. The nomadic peoples of central Asia--Huns, Bulgars, Magyars, Mongols--are still known to us for their legendary fighters Attila, Genghis Khan, and ...

Reducere. The second volume of Oman's trilogyProfessor Charles Oman's exemplary credentials as an historian require no elaboration. His substantial volume of...

Knowledge is power...Several months after discovering the real reason behind his mother's confinement to a psychiatric hospital and her eventual de...

Publisher: Prospect BooksAuthor(s): C. Anne WilsonIllustration(s): 12 black and white illustrations; 12 black and white illustrationsNumber of page...

Describes the armies of the Germanic foes that raided, invaded and resisted the Roman Empire for centuries and eventually brought it down.Publisher...

Reducere. Vini Vidi Vici--Rome's struggles to take and hold BritainProfessor Charles Oman's exemplary credentials as an historian require no elaboration. His...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Contains 80 detailed photographs and illustrations of equipment used by these warring armies who dominated the ancient world.The Thracians are ment...

The world of yoga is astonishingly rich in its array of schools and practices. Yet as diverse as they seem, they share a common aim: the discovery ...

Reducere. The fourth and fifth centuries AD were an era of intense political and spiritual turmoil in the Roman world, when ancient institutions suddenly cru...

Presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the use of caves and rock shelters across Europe during the medieval period for a wide range of religi...

Reducere. " This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of...

The Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 4, AD 1804–AD 2016 - David Eltis, Stanley L. Engerman, Seymour Drescher, David Richardson

An interdisciplinary analysis of Byzantine frontier policy in the northern Balkans and the Black Sea region. Explores cultural interaction between ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book draws upon the latest research to identify, explain, and illustrate the standards used by the Roman armies of the Late Empire....

Reducere. Combining archaeological, historical, ethnographic, and environmental data, Land of the Tejas represents a sweeping, interdisciplinary look at Texa...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Reducere. During the dark days of World War II, forty-one individuals from Ganson Street in the industrialized Western New York city of North Tonawanda left ...

This book assesses the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43.Publisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): John ManleyNumber of pages: 208Publication dat...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Don HollwayIllustration(s): 8-page colour plate sectionNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dim...

Sunday Times bestselling author Christopher Berry-Dee seeks to understand the motivation, the amoral urges and the merciless horror behind Dahmer's...

Reducere. A conflict that erupted between Roman legions and some Judaeans in late AD 66 had an incalculable impact on Rome's physical appearance and imperial...

'If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed . . . Written with terrific le...

This is the first book to focus on the Tetrarchy as an imperial dynasty.Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Byron WaldronIllustration(s...

Describes Antoninus' background, early life and how he came to be adopted as Hadrian's heir.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): John McHughI...

Reducere. The 2000-year story of Babylon sees it moving from a city-state to the centre of a great empire of the ancient world. It remained a centre of kings...

A chilling, incisive look into the mind of real-life 'Killer Clown' John Wayne GacyPublisher: Ad Lib Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Brad HunterNumber of ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Ronald A. BleekerIllustration(s): 10 bw illusNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 1...

Published to coincide with Prince William's 40th birthdayPublisher: Ad Lib Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Robert JobsonIllustration(s): 8 pages colour ph...

The literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations is explored and lavishly illustrated through the unique collection of manuscripts, early prints, map...

This is the story of Dunkirk and of the men who planned it (insofar as it was planned) and of the men who carried it out, and of their ships. He ha...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Nick LloydNumber of pages: 688Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 534 x 221 x 48Cover type: Paperback / softba...

DescriptionThough few people have heard of A.D. Smith (1811-65), this nineteenth-century knight-errant left his mark on some of the key events of h...

Reducere. DescriptionIllustrated study into the deployments and appearance of Roman legionary, auxiliary, and allied units in the Western half of the Empire ...

Reducere. The Western Front evokes images of mud-spattered men in waterlogged trenches, shielded from artillery blasts and machine-gun fire by a few feet of ...

The Cosmos Explained pinpoints where you are in space and time, charting the life of our universe from the Big Bang to the future of our galaxy and...

This book covers the military history of the Vikings from their early raiding to the final failure of their expansionist ambitions directed against...

A stolen past, a search for the truth, two lives changed foreverPublisher: Ad Lib Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Sally HerbertNumber of pages: 336Publica...

DescriptionThe siege of Constantinople in AD 717--18 was a key clash between the expanding Umayyad Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire, and one whic...

This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity s first thousand years of history features a new preface, addition...

Reducere. This extraordinary work on Roman history by J.B. Bury covers the period of more than 200 years from the time of Julius Caesar until the end of Marc...

An action-packed narrative of Roman imperial politics, from Constantine's empire to the destruction of Roman Italy across 363 to 568 AD.

Reducere. The author of the History of the First Council of Nice, Dean Dudley, searched the annals of history using the most scholarly and trusted sources av...

Reducere. This insightful history sheds light on the early Christian church of Assyria, during the time of the Sassanid Persian Empire that ruled from the 2n...

'My name is Lucas Soul. Today, I died again. This is my fifteenth death in the last four hundred and fifty years.'Soul is an outcast of the Immorta...

This volume addresses the relationship between the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Angkor (Cambodia), and the nearby town of Siem Reap, assessing the...

Reducere. Until the publication of this book, historians had largely neglected the effects of technology on the course of human history. Political, economic,...