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Dericott tales volume 4
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Set in medieval England, eighteen-year-old Louisa teams up with the chivalrous knight, Sir Charles, to find hidden treasure and save her younger sister Margaret before their uncle marries her off.
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With their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval literature. Translated here into modern English, these tales of a motley crew of pilgrims drawn from all walks of life--from knight to nun, miller to monk--reveal a picture of English life in the fourteenth century that is as robust as it is representative.
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2022]
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"Castles may conjure up a romantic fairy tale world; however, in real life, during the Middle Ages, castles were fortresses, providing shelter and protection for the lord as well as for the peasants who lived on his land. For an army, a lord depended on young soldiers in armor called knights who spent years at the castle learning the skills of warfare"--
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David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2015.
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Two events change young Robin Loxley's life forever--he encounters a wargwolf in the woods and returns home days later to discover that his family, believing him dead, have left the village, and six months later he meets the young and rebellious Lady Marian.
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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
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"With wit, wisdom, and a sharp scalpel, Jack Hartnell dissects the medieval body and offers a remedy to our preconceptions. Medieval beliefs about the body were drastically different from ours today: Hair was thought to be a condensation of fumes emitted from the pores, ideas were supposedly committed to memory by being directly imprinted on the brain, and the womb of a goat was believed to function as a contraceptive. But while this medieval medicine...
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Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
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"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...
10) Medieval life
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
c2011
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An illustrated look at various aspects of life in medieval Europe, covering everyday life, religion, royalty, and more.
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Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2010
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"Describes the lives of knights in medieval Europe. The reader's choices reveal historical details from the perspectives of a French knight during the Crusades, an English knight during the Hundred Years' War, and a German knight during the Peasants' War"--Provided by publisher.
15) Medieval knights
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Raintree
Pub. Date
c2010
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Chivalrous protectors as well as mercenaries, medieval knights could be loyal and humble, but also selfish and violent. Delve into their world and find out which segment of society became knights, how they were trained, why they fought, what they wore, and what weapons they used.
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Pursued by her enemies, flattered and courted for her lands, a powerful, devious princess is desperate to reach refuge. Melanthe can trust only one man amid the lies, the mysterious Green Knight-a true knight who never wavers; a man who cannot comprehend deceit. But as an impossible love grows between them, betrayal becomes their only future… In this classic romance, Laura Kinsale has crafted a rich, sensual portrait of life during the Middle...
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