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Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade
ISBN: 9780271066714 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade, Elizabeth Lapina examines a variety of these chronicles, written both by participants in the crusade and by those who stayed behind. Her goal is to understand the enterprise from the perspective of its contemporaries and near contemporaries. Lapina analyzes the diversity of ways in which the chroniclers tried to justify the First Crusade as a "holy war," where physical violence could be not just sinless, but salvific. The book focuses on accounts of miracles reported to have happened in the course of the... In Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade, Elizabeth Lapina examines a variety of these chronicles, written bot... |
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220,03 zł |
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The Reivers: The Story of the Border Reivers
ISBN: 9781780274454 / Angielski / Miękka / 321 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the early fourteenth century to the end of the sixteenth, the Anglo-Scottish borderlands witnessed one of the most intense periods of warfare and disorder ever seen in modern Europe. As a consequence of near-constant conflict between England and Scotland, Borderers suffered at the hands of marauding armies, who ravaged the land, destroying crops, slaughtering cattle, burning settlements and killing indiscriminately. Forced by extreme circumstances, many Borderers took to reiving to ensure the survival of their families and communities, and for the best part of 300 years, countless...
From the early fourteenth century to the end of the sixteenth, the Anglo-Scottish borderlands witnessed one of the most intense periods of warfare and...
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56,87 zł |
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Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, 1000-1300
ISBN: 9781138178557 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1095 the First Crusade was launched, establishing a great military endeavour which was a central preoccupation of Europeans until the end of the thirteenth century. In Western warfare in the age of the Crusades, 1000-1300 John France offers a wide-ranging and challenging survey of war and warfare and its place in the development of European Society, culture and economy in the period of the Crusades. Placing the crusades in a wider context, this book brings together the wealth of recent scholarly research on such issues as knighthood, siege warfare, chivalry and fortifications into...
In 1095 the First Crusade was launched, establishing a great military endeavour which was a central preoccupation of Europeans until the end of the th...
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708,33 zł |
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The Welsh Princes: The Native Rulers of Wales 1063-1283
ISBN: 9781138178960 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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708,33 zł |
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Shrewsbury 1403: Struggle for a Fragile Crown
ISBN: 9781472826800 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 is one of the most important battles in English history. King Henry IV faced his erstwhile ally Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland in a bloody contest on a field outside the Shropshire town of Shrewsbury where two English armies, well-matched, and fighting with similar equipment and tactics, struggled in an archery duel in which the arrows "fell like leaves in Autumn," before the battle was ultimately decided in close quarter hand-to-hand combat. With his victory, Henry IV secured the Lancastrian hold on the kingdom and demonstrated the right of his... The battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 is one of the most important battles in English history. King Henry IV faced his erstwhile ally Henry Percy Earl o... |
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87,92 zł |
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Offa and the Mercian Wars
ISBN: 9781526711502 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new history of the Mercian kingdom which dominated central England in the eighth century
A new history of the Mercian kingdom which dominated central England in the eighth century
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82,79 zł |
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Louis VII and His World
ISBN: 9789004315167 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Louis VII and His World examines a lesser-known yet significant Capetian monarch and his role in the twelfth century. Its chapters focus upon the king’s military leadership, political administration, his relationship with the Victorine order of canons and his connection to other important events, people and institutions of the age. Edited by Michael Bardot and Laurence W. Marvin, this work provides a more nuanced image of Louis VII and his critical role in the medieval French monarchy’s ascendancy. The essays contained in this volume illuminate the myriad ways this under-studied ruler...
Louis VII and His World examines a lesser-known yet significant Capetian monarch and his role in the twelfth century. Its chapters focus upon the king...
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393,21 zł |
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Conquerors of the Roman Empire: The Franks
ISBN: 9781473837423 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Latest volume in the exciting and original Conquerors of the Roman Empire series.
Latest volume in the exciting and original Conquerors of the Roman Empire series.
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110,41 zł |
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Famous Battles and How They Shaped the Modern World: From Troy to Courtrai, 1200 BC - 1302 AD
ISBN: 9781473893733 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A ground-breaking examination into the battles that gave birth to the nations of the modern Western world. This is the first of two volumes looking at battles through the lens of their after-life.
A ground-breaking examination into the battles that gave birth to the nations of the modern Western world. This is the first of two volumes looking at...
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138,08 zł |
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The Common Freedom of the People: John Lilburne and the English Revolution
ISBN: 9780198803232 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The dramatic life of 'Freeborn John' Lilburne - revolutionary campaigner for popular sovereignty in seventeenth-century England, and battler for the fundamental political and legal rights we enjoy today.
The dramatic life of 'Freeborn John' Lilburne - revolutionary campaigner for popular sovereignty in seventeenth-century England, and battler for the f...
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162,82 zł |
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The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
ISBN: 9780143108962 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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87,36 zł |
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The City Lament: Jerusalem Across the Medieval Mediterranean
ISBN: 9781501730535 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poetic elegies for lost or fallen cities are seemingly as old as cities themselves. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, this genre finds its purest expression in the Book of Lamentations, which mourns the destruction of Jerusalem; in Arabic, this genre is known as the ritha' al-mudun. The City Lament, Tamar M. Boyadjian traces the trajectory of...
Poetic elegies for lost or fallen cities are seemingly as old as cities themselves. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, this genre finds its purest expr...
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262,34 zł |
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Scanderbeg: A History of George Castriota and the Albanian Resistance to Islamic Expansion in Fifteenth Century Europe
ISBN: 9781592110032 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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207,87 zł |
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Revisiting the History Of Medieval Rajasthan
ISBN: 9789386552815 / Angielski / Twarda / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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366,67 zł |
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Renaissance Mass Murder: Civilians and Soldiers During the Italian Wars
ISBN: 9780198832614 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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473,55 zł |
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Castagnaro 1387: Hawkwood’s Great Victory
ISBN: 9781472833518 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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93,84 zł |
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Samurai: A Concise History
ISBN: 9780190932947 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Samurai: A Concise History provides a dynamic look at the life and times of the samurai. Although this warrior class comprised only a small portion of the Japanese population, they dominated warfare throughout history, influenced politics, art, philosophy and religion, and ultimately controlled Japan from the fourteenth century until their demise in the mid-nineteenth century.
Samurai: A Concise History provides a dynamic look at the life and times of the samurai. Although this warrior class comprised only a small portion of...
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77,56 zł |
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The World of the Crusades
ISBN: 9780300217391 / Angielski / Twarda / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders
A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders
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151,88 zł |
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Victory's Shadow: Conquest and Governance in Medieval Catalonia
ISBN: 9781501736162 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the beginning of the eleventh century, Catalonia was a patchwork of counties, viscounties, and lordships that bordered Islamic al-Andalus to the south. Over the next two centuries, the region underwent a dramatic transformation. The counts of Barcelona secured title to the neighboring kingdom of Aragon through marriage and this newly...
At the beginning of the eleventh century, Catalonia was a patchwork of counties, viscounties, and lordships that bordered Islamic al-Andalus to the so...
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246,60 zł |
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Robert Bruce: Our Most Valiant Prince, King and Lord
ISBN: 9781780275949 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The life of Bruce is one of the greatest comeback stories in history. Heir and magnate, shrewd politician, Bruce became a gifted military leader and a wise statesman. This book aims to encourage popular reassessment of Bruce as politician, warrior, monarch and saviour of Scottish identity from extinction at the hands of the Edwardian superstate.
The life of Bruce is one of the greatest comeback stories in history. Heir and magnate, shrewd politician, Bruce became a gifted military leader and a...
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56,87 zł |
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