Best of
Medieval
1959
The Town House
Norah Lofts - 1959
He resents the feudal system that undermines him. When circumstances change, he begins a new life as a free man, builds the house and founds a family. From the perspectives of five characters who live in the house, Lofts evokes fourteenth- and fifteenth-century life with the storytelling ability that has made her so popular.
The Load of Unicorn
Cynthia Harnett - 1959
Also published as The Cargo of the Madalena.Bendy, whose family runs a scrivener's shop in fifteenth-century London, solves the mystery when the master printer, William Caxton, fails to receive the paper shipped to him.
Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages: A Collaborative History
Roger Sherman Loomis - 1959
The Crusaders: The Struggle for the Holy Land
Régine Pernoud - 1959
But there has been no book in which we could find, recreated, the way of life, the world view, the everyday social organization of those who tempted adventure. They were kings and paupers, barons, clerks, women, and merchants. Some were driven by their faith, others by the spirit of conquest, and some by a hunger for greatness and wealth.Régine Pernoud presents for us a living picture in which we can view, first hand, the awe of the Christians as they beheld the Muslim world, the myriad ordeals they sustained while traveling for years in unknown lands, and the remarkable way in which they managed to adapt, to colonize, to erect churches and fortresses, and to abide for centuries in the face of an adversary far greater in number. Here, an unrecognized page in our history finally reveals itself. A great historian and writer brings this colorful period alive.
Asser's Life of King Alfred: Together with the Annals of Saint Neots, Erroneously Ascribed to Asser
Asser - 1959
The Wandering Saints of the Early Middle Ages
Eleanor Duckett - 1959
The Sacred Bridge
Eric Werner - 1959
what emerges is a rich and fascinating picture of two religious cultures....