Peasant Bread with Figs & Pine Nuts
White bread has always been a status symbol, but coarse, dark breads of wheat and rye are more healthy and flavoured. Bread with dried figs and pine nuts dates back well into the Middle Ages, when bakers transformed daily breads into sweet and ... [... more]
Vegetarian Society |
Norman F. Cantor
Norman F. Cantor was Emeritus Professor of History, Sociology, and Comparative Literature at New York University. His many books include In the Wake of the Plague, Inventing the Middle Ages, and The Civilization of the Middle Ages, the most ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
James Burge
James Burge is a producer and director of documentaries for the BBC and the Discovery Channel. His fascination with the Middle Ages led him to make Strange Landscape, the BBC series about medieval culture, and to create a dramatization of the ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Peter Duckers
Since the early Middle Ages, the Royal and princely families of Europe have conferred a wide range of Orders of Knighthood and Chivalry both to reward loyal service to the Crown or Royal Family and to strengthen the bonds of loyalty which existed ... [... more]
Random House |
John Dillenberger
The development of Martin Luther's thought was both a symptom and moving force in the transformation of the Middle Ages into the modern world. Geographical discovery, an emerging scientific tradition, and a climate of social change had splintered ... [... more]
Random House |
Rodney Stark
How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success Many books have been written about the success of the West, analyzing why Europe was able to pull ahead of the rest of the world by the end of the Middle Ages. The most common ... [... more]
Random House |
Martin Luther
The development of Martin Luther's thought was both a symptom and moving force in the transformation of the Middle Ages into the modern world. Geographical discovery, an emerging scientific tradition, and a climate of social change had splintered ... [... more]
Random House |
Robert K. Massie
Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia, unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great. He brought Russia from the darkness of its own Middle Ages into the Enlightenment and transformed it ... [... more]
Random House |
Anita Dore
This brilliant collection spans the years from the Middle Ages to the modern day to bring you a unique selection of the greatest poetry of all time. Arranged around major themes such as love and hate, war and peace, liberty and oppression, ... [... more]
Random House |
Dr. Alan Pressman
In St. John's Wort: The Miracle Medicine, Dr. Pressman describes the many uses of this multi-purpose herb, from its use in the Middle Ages to treat a variety of ailments to its widespread acceptance today as an effective, proven, and safe ... [... more]
Random House |
Timothy Dawson
The Byzantine Army was the closest the Middle Ages came to producing a military superpower. Having been trained to operate in small, highly mobile eight-man units adept at living off the land whilst on campaign, the Byzantine infantryman was a ... [... more]
Random House |
Legend of Camelot 2009 Wall Calendar
 The Legend of Camelot Wall Calendar: Richly illustrated by 19th-century paintings that depicted the Middle Ages as the era of chivalry and courtly love, this colorful calendar harks back to the Arthurian legend cycle with its noble knights, beautiful [... more]
Calendar Club CA |
