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  • The Deeds of Philip Augustus

    An English Translation of Rigord's "Gesta Philippi Augusti"

    by Rigord ...
    Translated by Larry F. Field ...
    The first full English translation of Rigord's Gesta Philippi Augusti**,** The Deeds of Philip Augustus makes available to Anglophone readers the most important narrative account of the reign of King Philip II of France (r. 1180–1223), a critical source about this pivotal figure in the development of the medieval French monarchy and an intriguing window into many aspects of the broader twelfth ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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  • Massacre At Montsegur: A History Of The Albigensian Crusade

    by Zoe Oldenbourg ...
    A best-selling history of the Third Crusade, when the Catholic Church waged war against heretics in its own ranksIn 1208 Pope Innocent III called for a Crusade against a country of fellow-Christians. The new enemy was Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, one of the greatest princes in Western Christendom, premier baron of all the territories in southern France where the langue d'oc was spoken. So began ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Albigensian Crusade

    by Jonathan Sumption ...
    In twelfth century Languedoc a subversive heresy of Eastern origin flourished to an extraordinary degree. The Albingenses believed that the world was created by an evil spirit, and that all worldly things - including the Church - were by nature sinful.Jonathan Sumption's acclaimed history examines the roots of the heresy, the uniquely rich culture of the region which nurtured it, and the crusade ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Knights Templar

    A Secret History

    by Graeme Davis ...
    Series series Dark Osprey
    Born in the dark days of the great crusades, the warrior monks of the Knights Templar vowed to defend pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. Yet strangely, there are few historical records of the Templars ever fulfilling this task. Instead, their history is one of bloodshed and conquest, wealth and power, dark secrets and conspiracies. Today, the story of the Knights Templar is intimately linked ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • A Most Holy War

    The Albigensian Crusade and the Battle for Christendom

    by Mark Gregory Pegg ...
    Series series Pivotal Moments in World History
    In January of 1208, a papal legate was murdered on the banks of the Rhone in southern France. A furious Pope Innocent III accused heretics of the crime and called upon all Christians to exterminate heresy between the Garonne and Rhone rivers--a vast region now known as Languedoc--in a great crusade. This most holy war, the first in which Christians were promised salvation for killing other ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Galerius and the Will of Diocletian

    by William Lewis Leadbetter ...
    Series series Roman Imperial Biographies
    Drawing from a variety of sources - literary, visual, archaeological; papyri, inscriptions and coins – the author studies the nature of Diocletian’s imperial strategy, his wars, his religious views and his abdication. The author also examines Galerius’ endeavour to take control of Diocletian’s empire, his failures and successes, against the backdrop of Constantine’s remorseless drive to power.The ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • The Secret History of Freemasonry

    Its Origins and Connection to the Knights Templar

    by Paul Naudon ...
    Explores the hidden history of Freemasonry from ancient Rome, through the Middle Ages, to the present• Shows the close connection between medieval masons and the Knights Templar• Illustrates the sacred nature of Roman and medieval trade associations• Reveals the missing link that connects the lodges of modern Freemasonry to the medieval brotherhoods of buildersHistorians often make a sharp ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Gregory of Tours

    The Merovingians

    Edited by Alexander Callander Murray ...
    Series Book 10 - Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures
    Georgius Florentius Gregorius, better known to posterity as Gregory, Bishop of Tours, was born about 538 to a highly distinguished Gallo-Roman family in Clermont in the region of Auvergne. Best known for his 10-book Histories (often called the History of the Franks), Gregory left us detailed accounts of his own times as well as those of the early Merovingian kings, known as the "long-haired kings, ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • The Wars of Religion in France

    by James Thompson ...
    The last day of June, 1559, was a gala day in Paris. The marriages of Philip II of Spain with Elizabeth of France, daughter of King Henry II and Catherine de Medici, and that of the French King’s sister, Marguerite with Emanuel Philibert, duke of Savoy, were to be celebrated. But “the torches of joy became funeral tapers” before nightfall, for Henry II was mortally wounded in the tournament given ... Read more

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  • The Murder, Betrayal, and Slaughter of the Glorious Charles, Count of Flanders

    by Galbert of Bruges ...
    Translated by John Jeffrey Rider ...
    In 1127 Charles the Good, count of Flanders, was surrounded by assassins while at prayer and killed by a sword blow to the forehead. His murder upset the fragile balance of power between England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire, giving rise to a bloody civil war while impacting the commercial life of medieval Europe. The eyewitness account by the Flemish cleric Galbert of Bruges of the ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade

    A Sourcebook

    Edited by Catherine Léglu, Rebecca Rist, Claire Taylor ...
    The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade brings together a rich and diverse range of medieval sources to examine key aspects of the growth of heresy and dissent in southern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and the Church’s response to that threat through the subsequent authorisation of the Albigensian crusade.Aimed at students and scholars alike, the documents it discusses – papal ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Cardinal Richelieu

    by Richard Lodge ...
    THE death of Concini and the fall of Mary de Medici seemed at first to effect a complete revolution. The rebellion of the nobles was at an end; in fact, they were received at court as if they had been fighting the king's battles against his enemies But they soon discovered that the change of policy was not so complete as it appeared at first. They were jealously excluded from the royal council. ... Read more

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