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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A narrative of the turn of the millennium in 999 A.D., drawing from poetry, folklore, saga, archeology, and holy chronicle to piece together the story of the heroic time, and focusing on the transformation that swept Europe in the years between 950 and 1010 as a result of the triumph of Christianity over the Vikings, Magyars, and Moors.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This spellbinding creation by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi interprets the Gothic cathedral through Gaudi's visionary, modernist style. Study the striking sculpted decoration of the exterior portals, the dreamlike interior with its columns fashioned as stylized trees, and the powerful Christian iconography of this unique melding of the traditional and the radically new.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This spellbinding creation by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi interprets the Gothic cathedral through Gaudi's visionary, modernist style. Study the striking sculpted decoration of the exterior portals, the dreamlike interior with its columns fashioned as stylized trees, and the powerful Christian iconography of this unique melding of the traditional and the radically new.
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Harry Peckham was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, before being called to the Bar and becoming, in time, a King's Counsel, a Commissioner for Bankrupts and Recorder of Chichester. He was also a witty rake, a keen sportsman (he was a member of the committee that drew up the laws of cricket) and a relentless tourist. Harry Peckham's Tour is a collection of letters he wrote in 1769 while travelling through the Netherlands, Belgium...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In this eye-opening book, Johannes Krause, director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, and journalist Thomas Trappe offer a new way of understanding our past, present, and future. Krause is a pioneer in the revolutionary new science of archaeogenetics, archaeology augmented by revolutionary DNA sequencing technology, which has allowed scientists to uncover a new version of human history reaching back more than 100,000 years....
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1998
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IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A history of the Vikings from A.D. 800 to 1100, discussing how their development of the longship enabled the Scandinavians to expand their interests throughout Europe. Includes a timeline, photographs of Viking artifacts, and a glossary.
Author
Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Little Book of Donegal is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about County Donegal. Here you will find out about Donegal's folklore and customs, its proud sporting heritage, its castles, forts and stone circles, its famous (and occasionally infamous) men and women. Through quaint villages and historic towns and along the 'Wild Atlantic Way', this book takes the reader on a journey through County Donegal and its...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A lovely, witty treasure trove of a book, spilling over with historical gems... a very human history: sometimes weird, always wonderful." --Dan Jones, New York Times -bestselling author Have you ever found yourself watching a show or reading a novel and wondering what life was really like in the Middle Ages? What did people actually eat? Were they really filthy? And did they ever get to marry for love? In Life in Medieval Europe: Fact and Fiction...
Author
Series
Harvest books volume 14
Publisher
Barakaldo Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In this book, Henri Pirenne, the great Belgian economic historian, traces the character and general movement of the economic and social evolution of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the middle of the fifteenth century. From the breakup of the economic equilibrium of the ancient world to the revival of commerce, the redevelopment of credit, the trade of commodities, the origins of urban industry, and the rebirth of new forms of protectionism,...
Author
Publisher
Philosophical Library/Open Road
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In striking photography and informative text, this volume both celebrates and mourns Eastern European Jewish life of the early- to mid-twentieth century. From Odessa to Budapest, Warsaw, Prague, and Sarajevo, the Jews of Eastern Europe established thriving, traditional communities . And while there are still proud Jews who keep the Kehilla robust in the region, they are a shadow of their former glory. In The Last Jews of Eastern Europe , Yale Strom...
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