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  • The Epidemics of the Middle Ages

    by Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker, John Caius ...
    The Epidemics of the Middle Ages is a comprehensive and scholarly exploration of the devastating plagues and infectious diseases that swept across Europe and neighboring regions during the medieval period. Drawing on a wide array of historical sources, medical treatises, chronicles, and eyewitness accounts, the book meticulously traces the origins, spread, and impact of various epidemics, ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Black Death in the Fourteenth Century

    by Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker ...
    The Black Death in the Fourteenth Century is a comprehensive historical study that delves into one of the most devastating pandemics in human history—the Black Death, which swept across Europe, Asia, and North Africa during the mid-1300s. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary chronicles, letters, and official records, the book meticulously reconstructs the spread of the plague, its symptoms, and the ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania

    by Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker ...
    The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania by Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker is a seminal historical and medical study that delves into two of the most mysterious and devastating phenomena of the Middle Ages. First published in the 19th century and translated by B.G. Babington, this work meticulously examines the origins, spread, and impact of the Black Death—the catastrophic plague that swept through ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Black Death The Dancing Mania

    by Benjamin Guy Babington, Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker, Henry Morley ...
    Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker was one of three generations of distinguished professors of medicine. His father, August Friedrich Hecker, a most industrious writer, first practised as a physician in Frankenhausen, and in 1790 was appointed Professor of Medicine at the University of Erfurt. In 1805 he was called to the like professorship at the University of Berlin. He died at Berlin in 1811. ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

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  • THE POLITICS OF OBEDIENCE.

    The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude

    by Étienne de la Boétie ...
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  • The Stoic: A biography of Seneca

    by Francis Caldwell Holland ...
    Fabulous wealth, literary fame, exile, an amazing come back to the height of political power and a tragic ending – the life of Lucius Annaeus Seneca - aka Seneca the Younger or simply Seneca – is one of the great untold stories of Ancient Rome. In The Stoic, Francis Holland presents a riveting portrait of the prolific but mysterious Roman statesman and philosopher whose works - especially Letters ... Read more

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  • Cleopatra Volume 09

    by Georg Ebers ...
    "Cleopatra" is a historical novel written by the German author Georg Ebers. This novel, like many of Ebers' works, is set in ancient Egypt and is designed to provide readers with an immersive experience of life, culture, and society during the time of Cleopatra, the last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.Ebers was known for his meticulous research and attention to historical accuracy, making his historical ... Read more

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  • Fourteen Byzantine Rulers

    The Chronographia of Michael Psellus

    by Michael Psellus ...
    Translated by E. R. A. Sewter ...
    This chronicle of the Byzantine Empire, beginning in 1025, shows a profound understanding of the power politics that characterized the empire and led to its decline. ... Read more

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  • Callista : a Tale of the Third Century

    by John Henry Newman ...
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  • The Chronographia

    by Michael Psellus ...
    A history of the Byzantine emperors during the century leading up to Psellos' own time. It covers the reigns of fourteen emperors and empresses, beginning with the almost 50-year-long reign of Basil II, the "Bulgar-Slayer" (976–1025), and ending some time during the reign of Michael VII Doukas (1071–1078). ... Read more

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  • Memoirs of Hadrian

    FSG 80th Anniversary Special Edition

    by Marguerite Yourcenar ...
    Translated by Grace Frick ...
    Series series FSG Classics
    Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has received international acclaim since its first publication in France in 1951. In it, Marguerite Yourcenar reimagines the Emperor Hadrian's arduous boyhood, his triumphs and reversals, and finally, as emperor, his gradual reordering of a war-torn world, writing with the imaginative insight of a great ... Read more

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