Novedades

It has been famously pointed out that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, but it was also not an empire in the sense people expect when hearing the term, but it is clear that church clergy occupied a privileged place in medieval society. Europe had inherited Christianity from the Roman Empire, and the concept of a united Christendom and empire were practically synonymous. Indeed, there was no real consciousness of the Roman Empire ever having ended.

«Un juramento forjado en fuego selló su destino… y el de su reino» La muerte del emperador Alfonso de León en 1157 deja sumidos a los reinos de Hispania en la división y la sospecha. Los reyes cristianos reavivan entonces antiguas rivalidades y conflictos, indiferentes a las oscuras sombras que avanzan sobre ellos desde África. Muhammad ibn Mardanis, emir del Sharq al-Ándalus, ignorado y despreciado por sus antiguos aliados cristianos, debe valerse por sí mismo para preservar su independencia frente a un enemigo que no solo persigue conquistar sus tierras, sino también borrar su ...

“El Temple Vive” es una obra reveladora que explora, con agudeza e intensidad, la posibilidad de que la filosofía y los principios de la antigua Orden del Temple no solo hayan perdurado a lo largo del tiempo, sino que continúen operando, de manera silenciosa pero decisiva, en el corazón del mundo moderno. Más allá de los relatos oficiales que narran su caída en el siglo XIV, esta obra plantea una hipótesis inquietante: la esencia del Temple sigue activa, encarnada en estructuras de poder, círculos discretos de influencia y movimientos que operan en el límite entre la historia ...

Hidden in the names of English towns and villages, in copses, fields, lanes and hills, are the ghostly traces of birds conjuring powerful identities for people in ancient landscapes. What are their stories and secrets? How did people encounter birds over a thousand years ago? In The Cuckoo’s Lea, Michael J. Warren sets out on the trail of these ghosts. Captivated and guided by the secrets of place names, he finds their stories entangled with his own explorations of places through birds all across England.

The story of the search for the site of the Norman Invasion and how it leads to the discovery of the site of the battle of Hastings in the Crowhurst Valley in East Sussex.Secrets of the Norman Invasion is essential reading for anyone interested in English history - and how historians can get it wrong. Railing against an academic establishment which has for too long accepted the received wisdom of taught history, this book seeks to document the events of twenty-four years of research, by one man determined to prove history should not be written by the victor, nor by the Church. Written in an...

Sequel to Chronicles of Jongleur, the Storyteller. Follow Father Simon, a former priest of a country monastery, as he abruptly leaves his home in England and journeys for ten years in France. It is a dangerous time in the 13th century. Father Simon knows he may never find who he seeks but he will not end this mission until he is dead, and neither will the Devil On God's Mountain.