God's War: A New History of the Crusades, Paperback - Christopher Tyerman

Reducere. God's War offers a sweeping new vision of one of history's most astounding events: the Crusades. From 1096 to 1500, European Christians fought to r...

This is the first book-length study to chart how the dramatic events of 30 generations ago have been understood, shaped and manipulated by writers ...

DescriptionA lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusadersThroughout th...

With flair and originality, Christopher Tyerman presents a clear and lively discussion of the Crusades, bringing together issues of colonialism, cu...

Reducere. Islam and Christianity and their ancient struggle for world supremacy

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Reducere. The number of soldiers wounded in World War I is, in itself, devastating: over 21 million military wounded, and nearly 10 million killed. On the ba...

But the drum of the New Model Army beat ever louder and in October 1645, Oliver Cromwell rolled in the heavy guns. The Siege of Loyalty House tells...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Organized in the immediate aftermath of World War II to try the former Nazi leaders for war crimes, the Nuremberg trials, known as the Internationa...

Reducere. The Civil War is the greatest trauma ever experienced by the American nation, a four-year paroxysm of violence that left in its wake more than 600,...

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This illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigates its cultural and social meanings from medieval Europe to 20th-century America. It prov...

Offers a lively military history and overview of Reconstruction that illuminates the new war fought immediately after the American Civil War. This ...

Invaluable first-hand accounts, providing insights into the characters and beliefs of the crusaders, translated from the Old French by Caroline Smith.

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Profiles the various defensive features of castles and the technologies and weapons used by the sides attacking and ...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Alison WeirPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 153 x 233 x 41Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lectur...

In this illuminating work of history, Shlaes follows the struggles of those now forgotten people, from a family of butchers in Brooklyn who dealt a...

World War II: A New History - Evan Mawdsley

Reducere. The first comprehensive narrative of racism in America's World War II military and the resistance to it. America's World War II military was a forc...

A radical retelling of the most important event in English history - the Norman invasion of 1066.

Ever since the attacks of 11th September, western leaders have described a world engaged in 'a fight for civilization'. Sweeping in its scope and c...

Reducere. The Crusades are one of the most fascinating chapters in the annals of history. In Winning His Spurs you will follow the adventures of a young Engl...

Publisher: University of Notre Dame PressAuthor(s): Justus D. DoeneckeIllustration(s): 47 b&w illustrations, 4 mapsNumber of pages: 560Publication ...

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In November 1519, Hernando Cort�s walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That st...

Now in paperback, Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most i...

Dan Jones's epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Da...

Reducere. The best one-volume history of the United States ever written (Joseph J. Ellis), now updated to cover the Obama and Trump presidenciesIn America, E...

New B-format paperback - The definitive history of the virulent and fatal plague outbreaks that wiped out half of London's populations from the med...

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An artist, working with a historian, uses digital techniques to bring to life 200 photographs of the defining events and personalities of the moder...

A brilliant artist, working with a bestselling historian, uses digital techniques to bring vividly to life 200 photographs of the defining events a...

Reducere. DescriptionThe history of possibly the most notorious dynasty in papal history is revealed in a new narrative from the author of "The Medici: Rise ...

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The first substantial history of Urmston, Flixton and Davyhulme since 1898

Reducere. The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages. Thomas Asbridge--a ...

Reducere. DescriptionIt is twenty-four years since the First Crusaders conquered Jerusalem. Robert of Bures is a young knight whose father rose to power and ...

Reducere. A companion to such acclaimed works as The Age of Wonder, A Clockwork Universe, and Darwin's Ghosts--a groundbreaking examination of the greatest e...

A detailed exploration of the remedies and methods used by the healers who journeyed along with the Crusading knightsPublisher: Inner Traditions Be...

From novelists and professors to suffragists and Irish revolutionaries, Shakespeare's women editors lived extraordinary lives and produced editions...