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		War and Combat 1150-1270
		The Evidence from Old French Literature		History
		Catherine Hanley
		DS Brewer 2003 263 pages		Qty
		Hardback 0859917819
		Published Price £45.00		Our Price £26.00
	Exploring depictions of warfare in 12th and 13th century French vernacular literature, Hanley shows how these texts supplement historical accounts of combat and illuminate contemporary perceptions of war. No jacket.
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		The Last Duel
		A True Story of Crime, Scandal and Trial by Combat in Medieval France		History
		Eric Jager
		Broadway 2004 242 pages		Qty
		Hardback 0767914163
		Published Price $24.95		Sale Price £3.99
	In 1386, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, a remarkable private dispute was resolved through the ancient institution of trial by combat, which was thereafter abolished. Based on extensive research in Normandy and Paris, The Last Duel tells the tragic tale of a wife who accused her husband's old friend of rape, a notorious case which eventually came before the king himself and left the legal system in deadlock, with fatal results. American-cut pages.
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		Isabel of Burgundy
		The Duchess Who Played Politics in the Age of Joan of Arc, 1397-1471		History
		Aline S Taylor
		Madison 2001 232 pages		Qty
		Hardback 1568332270
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	This is the first biography of Duchess Isabel of Burgundy (1397-1471), wife of Philip the Good. An ambitious and determined character, she overcame social constraints to wield considerable influence in the domestic and foreign affairs of Burgundy during an age when such matters were usually the concern of men. Aline Taylor paints a portrait of this Renaissance woman in a medieval world marked by warfare, intrigue, rebellion, dynastic strife and conflicting loyalties which ultimately led to her banishment.
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		Harold and William
		The Battle for England 1064-1066		History
		Benton Rain Patterson
		Cooper Square 2001 218 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0815411650
		Published Price $28.95		Sale Price £3.99
	Drawing on a mixture of contemporary and modern sources, Patterson traces the fateful series of events that led to the Battle of Hastings and changed the course of English history. His lively narrative follows the catalogue of misfortunes which saw Harold forced to swear an oath of obligation to William, fight his treacherous half-brother Tostig and King Harold Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, and then march to the South coast to face William.
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		The Church in the Early Middle Ages
		The IB Tauris History of the Christian Church		History
		GR Evans
		IB Tauris 2007 202 pages		Qty
		Hardback 1845111508
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	The cultural, social and political dominance of Christendom in the West, from around 600 to 1300 CE, made the Christian Church crucial to the development of the modern world in respects which go far beyond religious influence. Professor Evans brings this formative era to life, concentrating as much on colourful human episodes as on broader institutional and intellectual developments, and providing a thoroughly modern introduction to the "complex and sophisticated 'empire' of the medieval Christian Church".
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		Apocalypse in Rome
		Cola di Rienzo and the Politics of the New Age		History
		Ronald G Musto
		California University Press 2003 440 pages		Qty
		Hardback 0520233964
		Published Price £38.95		Sale Price £13.99
	In 1347, Cola di Rienzo overthrew without violence the turbulent rule of Rome's barons and the absentee popes. A young visionary and the best political speaker of his time, Cola promised Rome a return to its former greatness. Musto's vivid biography of this charismatic leader, whose exploits have enlivened the work of poets, composers and dramatists as well as historians, peels away centuries of interpretation to reveal the realities of 14th century Italy and offers a comprehensive account of Cola's rise and fall.
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		Women of the Gilte Legende
		A Selection of Middle English Saints' Lives		History
		Larissa Tracy
		DS Brewer 2003 154 pages		Qty
		Hardback 0859917711
		Published Price £35.00		Sale Price £12.99
	The Middle English Gilte Legende (a translation of Voragine's Legenda Aurea), contains thirty lives of female saints in four basic categories: the virgin martyr, the mother, the repentent sinner and the holy transvestite. This volume presents translations of a selection of eleven of these lives, providing examples of the different types of female holiness and illustrating the influence these figures had on medieival women by providing role models for piety. With an introduction, notes and interpretive essay. The Library of Medieval Women series. No jacket.
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		The Book of Margery Kempe
		An Abridged Translation		History
		Liz Herbert McAvoy
		DS Brewer 2003 154 pages		Qty
		Paperback 0859917916
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	A unique narrative of sin, sex and salvation, Margery Kempe's book has continued to perplex and fascinate modern audiences since its discovery in the library of an English country house in 1934. Kempe, a wife and mother of fourteen children, provides an autobiographical account of her own singular piety and the growth of her mystical relationship with Christ. In this edition, the work has been abridged and translated from the Middle English, with an introduction, notes and interpretive essay.
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		Fifteenth-century Studies
		Volume 26		History
		Edelgard E DuBruck; Barbara I Gusick (Edited by)
		Camden House 2001 308 pages		Qty
		Hardback 1571132287
		Published Price £50.00		Sale Price £30.00
	This volume contains the survey of research on late medieval drama. Part of the publication organ for the Fifteenth Century Symposium covering literature, drama, history, philosophy, art, music, religion, science, ritual and custom. No jacket.
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		Fifteenth Century III
		Authority and Subversion		History
		Linda Clark (Edited by)
		Boydell 2003 208 pages		Qty
		Hardback 1843830256
		Published Price £40.00		Sale Price £23.00
	Essays on themes of late medieval England and Europe, examining the strength of opposition to Henry IV's usurpation, the nature of the lollards' resistance to orthodox religion, and the contrasting causes of disorder in the remote border.
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		Calendar of the Register of Simon de Montacute
		Bishop of Worcester, 1334-1337		History
		Roy Martin Haines
		Worcestershire Historical Society 1996 436 pages		Qty
		Hardback 01414577
		Published Price £35.00		Sale Price £7.99
	Simon de Montacute was consecrated as Bishop of Worcester in 1334 and translated to Ely in 1337. The two volumes of his episcopal register include commissions of appointment, details of the publication of papal bulls, letters dimissory and outgoing letters. In this Calendar entries vary from brief summaries to translations of important documents such as the 'Crusading bulls'. With an introduction and index. A binding error has placed page xx before page xix (Introduction). Worcestershire Historical Society New Series. Volume 15. No jacket.
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		Appropriating the Middle Ages: Scholarship, Politics, Fraud.
		Studies in Medievalism Volume XI		History
		Tom Shippey; Martin Arnold (Edited by)
		Brewer 2001 264 pages		Qty
		Hardback 085991626X
		Published Price £40.00		Sale Price £24.00
	These nine essays explore topics including Blake's illustrations of Chaucer's pilgrims, Lady Charlotte Guest's translation of The Mabinogion and the medieval as a tourist attraction. No jacket.
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		Agnes Blannbekin, Viennese Beguine: Life and Revelations
		Life and Revelations		History
		Ulrike Weithaus
		Brewer 2002 184 pages		Qty
		Hardback 0859916340
		Published Price £40.00		Sale Price £4.99
	Agnes Blannbekin (d.1315) dedicated herself to the celibate life of a Beguine in Vienna, and very little is known of her life beyond what is written by her anonymous confessor and scribe (Agnes could read, but not write) in the Life and Revelations. The Latin text follows a diary-like format and describes Agnes's visions and devotions, her spells of sadness and the many shortcomings of the Viennese religious community. It is translated here by Ilrike Wiethaus, with an introduction, notes and interpretive essay. No jacket.
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		Calendar of the Register of Adam de Orleton
		Bishop of Worcester 1327-1333		History
		RM Haines
		HMSO 1979 308 pages		Qty
		Hardback 0114400938
		Published Price £27.00		Sale Price £3.99
	Adam de Orleton (c.1275-1345), Bishop of Worcester, was absent from his diocese more than most medieval bishops, being engaged in affairs of state and diplomatic duties in London and France. Yet it is clear from his register that the routine administration of his diocese continued without interruption. The Register also reveals much of the nature of the man. Traditionally regarded as a self-seeking revolutionary and regicide, Orleton emerges as a shrewd, energetic administrator and a determined upholder of episcopal rights.
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		The Golden Age of Persia
		The Arabs in the East		History
		Richard N Frye
		Phoenix 2000 304 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 1842120115
		Published Price £14.99		Sale Price £6.99
	The 400 years following the spread of Islam in the 7th century saw a period of unique cultural fusion in Iran, which embraced the new religion while maintaining its ancient Persian heritage. This concise introduction to the history of the period presents the military and political background to that great flowering of Iranian art and architecture, poetry, medicine and science, described by the author as 'a high point in human achievement'.
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