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  • Hospitals : their Origin and Evolution

    by John Foote ...
    The story of the birth and evolution of the hospital is a record of the conquest of barbarism by civilization and of the triumph of Christian altruism over the selfishness of the pagan ideal. The history of American hospitals begins with the hospital erected by … ... Read more

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  • The Knights Templar

    by Mark Naples ...
    Mystery surrounds virtually every aspect of the Templar story, from their origins in the aftermath of the First Crusade, through their rise to supreme wealth and power - dominating medieval Europe for nearly two centuries - to their abrupt and dramatic suppression. Ferociously punished for alleged heresy and depravity at the beginning of the 14th century, their story is believed to have ended ... Read more

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  • The Knights Templar - Medieval Cult or Modern Nemesis?

    by M.E. Brines ...
    The Knights Templar – Medieval Cult or Modern Nemesis? -- History of this famous group and the organizations that claim descent from them. Were they really destroyed in the fourteenth century or do they survive and even prosper to this day? Who are their descendants? Are there ties to the Nazis and the Mormon Church? A must-read for anyone interested in conspiracies or the occult. ... Read more

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  • Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

    by Alan Ereira, Terry Jones ...
    Was medieval England full of knights on horseback rescuing fainting damsels in distress? Were the Middle Ages mired in superstition and ignorance? Why does nobody ever mention King Louis the First and Last? And, of course, those key questions: which monks were forbidden the delights of donning underpants... and did outlaws never wear trousers?Terry Jones and Alan Ereira are your guides to this ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Out of the Flames

    The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World

    by Lawrence Goldstone, Nancy Goldstone ...
    Out of the Flames is an extraordinary story - providing testament to the power of ideas, the enduring legacy of books, and the triumph of individual courage.Out of the Flames tracks the history of The Chrisitianismi Restituto, examining Michael Servetus's life and times and the politics of the first information during the sixteenth century. The Chrisitianismi Restituto, a heretical work of ... Read more

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  • The Female Pope - The True Story of Pope Joan

    by Oliver Hayes ...
    For many centuries it was accepted almost without discussion that the priesthood, and pastoral work more generally, was exclusively a male domain. Women had a role within the Christian Church, as nuns or lay workers, but the giving of the sacraments was seen as a male preserve. And yet for centuries rumours and legends have swirled about that one woman did get to be pope in Rome. The Catholic ... Read more

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  • The Middle Ages

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Miri Rubin ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The Middle Ages is a term coined around 1450 to describe a thousand years of European History. In this Very Short Introduction, Miri Rubin provides an exploration of the variety, change, dynamism, and sheer complexity that the period covers. From the provinces of the Roman Empire, which became Barbarian kingdoms after c.450-650, to the northern and eastern regions that became increasingly ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

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  • The Papal Prophecies - St Malachy and the Doom of the Popes

    by Oliver Hayes ...
    NOW UPDATED FOR POPE FRANCISFor at least five centuries scholars have puzzled over a document known as The Papal Prophecies that were ascribed to St Malachy, an Irish cleric who died in 1148. The Prophecies clearly state that both Rome and the Papacy will be destroyed at some date in the early 21st century. Given that this date is now upon us, it is worth taking a closer look at the Papal ... Read more

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  • The Book of Firsts

    150 World-Changing People and Events, from Caesar Augustus to the Internet

    by Peter D'Epiro ...
    The Book of Firsts is an entertaining, enlightening, and highly browsable tour of the major innovations of the past twenty centuries and how they shaped our world.Peter D’Epiro makes this handy overview of human history both fun and thought-provoking with his survey of the major “firsts”—inventions, discoveries, political and military upheavals, artistic and scientific breakthroughs, religious ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Medieval Horizons

    Why the Middle Ages Matter

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval EnglandWe tend to think of the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe progress arose from science and technological innovation, and that inventions of recent centuries created the modern world.We ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • The Middle Ages

    A Graphic History

    by Eleanor Janega ...
    A unique, illustrated book that will change the way you see medieval historyThe Middle Ages: A Graphic History busts the myth of the 'Dark Ages', shedding light on the medieval period's present-day relevance in a unique illustrated style.This history takes us through the rise and fall of empires, papacies, caliphates and kingdoms; through the violence and death of the Crusades, Viking raids, the ... Read more

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  • Monks, the Pope, and the Origins of the Crusades

    A Selection from Christianity (Penguin Tracks)

    by Diarmaid MacCulloch ...
    A fascinating history of the growth in monastic and papal power that preceded the Crusades—excerpted from Diarmaid MacCulloch’s award-winning New York Times bestseller, Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years.A product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill, Diarmaid MacCulloch’s Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years stretches from the Greek Platonists and the ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD