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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the rise of the West--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Templars. When the once-mighty city of Rome was sacked by barbarians in 410 and lay in ruins, it signaled the end of an era--and the beginning of a thousand years of profound transformation. In a gripping narrative bursting with big names--from St Augustine and Attila the Hun to the Prophet...
Author
Series
Language
English
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"It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king. Without a clear rule of law, chaos reigns. In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined: A young boatbuilder's life is turned upside down when the only home he's ever known is raided...
3) Häxan
Series
Criterion collection volume 134
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
None
Description
Through dramatic vignettes, looks at how superstition and the misunderstanding of mental illness could lead to the witch hysteria of the Middle Ages.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Life and times of the 14th century German spiritual leader Meister Eckhart, whose theory of a personal path to the divine inspired thinkers from Jean Paul Sartre to Thomas Merton, and most recently, Eckhart Tolle.
8) Matilda Bone
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Matilda, an apprentice bonesetter and practitioner of medicine in a village in medieval England, tries to reconcile the various aspects of her life, both spiritual and practical.
Author
Publisher
Fortress Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"In seventy brief portraits, first delivered as addresses to public audiences of the faithful in Saint Peter's Square, Pope Benedict XVI offers engaging, perceptive, and edifying sketches of some of the great thinkers and writers of Christianity, from its early period through the high Middle Ages."--Cover, p. [4]
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Join Max's quest to become a knight in this laugh-filled, New York Times bestselling adventure from the author of the Big Nate series! "Max is epic fun!" --JEFF KINNEY, New York Times bestselling author of the DIARY OF A WIMPY KID series. Max wants to be a knight! Too bad that dream is about as likely as finding a friendly dragon. But when Max's uncle Budrick is kidnapped by the cruel King Gastley, Max has to act...and fast! Joined by a band of brave...
14) The Middle Ages
Author
Language
English
Description
Text and illustrations explore the history of the world from the Mongol invasions through the voyages of Christopher Columbus.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
The lives of medieval knights and warriors who made a significant impact on their world are profiled. Features biographies of William Marshal, Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, don Pero Nino, and Sir John de Hawkwood.
16) Hild
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"A brilliant, lush, sweeping historical novel about the rise of the most powerful woman of the Middle Ages: Hild Hild is born into a world in transition. In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, usually violently. A new religion is coming ashore; the old gods' priests are worrying. Edwin of Northumbria plots to become overking of the Angles, ruthlessly using every tool at his disposal: blood, bribery, belief. Hild is the king's youngest...
17) A column of fire
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"International bestselling author Ken Follett has enthralled millions of readers with The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, two stories of the Middle Ages set in the fictional city of Kingsbridge. The saga now continues with Follett's magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
The Book Without Words appears to be a volume of blank parchment pages. But for a green-eyed reader filled with great desire, it may reveal the forgotten magical arts of making gold and achieving immortality. For generations, its magic has been protected from those who would exploit it. But on a terrible day of death and destruction, the Book Without Words falls into the hands of a desperate boy.
19) Menewood
Author
Publisher
MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"In the much-anticipated sequel to Hild, Nicola Griffith's Menewood transports readers back to seventh-century Britain, a land of rival kings and religions poised for epochal change"--
20) Kringle
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In the fifth century A.D., as order retreats from Britain with the departing Roman Army, orphaned, twelve-year-old Kringle determines to rescue his beloved guardian from the evil goblins who terrorize the countryside by kidnapping and enslaving humans and, in the process, with the help of elves and others along the way, discovers his true destiny.
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