Medieval Ages

While hiking, I am daydreaming about what it would be like to live in the Middle Ages with castles, knights, queens, and kings. Suddenly, I slip into a river of icy cold water. I’m spinning around and around. What’s that ahead?

“The historical details become the ingredients in the alchemist’s recipe, and Swope is a credible alchemist. All the characters we expect from Arthurian lore are here in all their glory. Swope then works his own magic, crafting a saga that is an enjoyable read, faithful to its historical roots.” –Karen K. Brees, author of Crosswind Dark Age Monarch: Uther Pendragon blends Arthurian legend, historical fact, and elements of fantasy to re-imagine the landscape of Britain under siege following the exodus of the Roman Empire in 410 CE. A prequel to the best-selling Dark Age Monarch: The ...

Este libro le proporcionará detalles sobre la época en que reinaron los vikingos. Aprenderá cómo vivía el pueblo escandinavo, quiénes navegaban en las incursiones vikingas, las armas utilizadas en la batalla y sus creencias religiosas.

The Crusades are one of those dark chapters in history that we would rather forget, especially religious people. In name of the church, or other religions, like the Muslim faith, people killed, destroyed, looted, and burned cities to the ground. There is nothing “holy” about attacking and plundering, yet this is what they did. In this book, we’ll explore some of the most important crusades everyone should know about. You will learn to understand better why people started them, what drove them to continue, and what ended them.

“For a long time, all I wanted to do was make my father happy. I used to think he would protect me. Now I knew that wasn’t true, and things were different.” Rose, the innocent princess of Greyland, has been sheltered her whole life. Her father, a heartless king, controls each and every aspect of her day-to-day activities. However, shortly after turning eighteen, Rose experiences a terrible assault that leaves her feeling helpless and alone. In response, her father plans to marry her off to an old earl in order to save both his reputation and hers. Refusing to accept this, she runs ...

L'ancelot est un jeune chevalier sans nom ni expérience, venu de sa Bretagne natale sur l'île britannique à la recherche d'un mentor, alors que l'on dit qu'un roi nommé Arthur a succédé à son légendaire père Uther.

Tras la caída de Roma en 476 d. C., toda la dinámica de Europa experimentó un cambio total en torno al poder y la cultura. La Edad Media fue un período de la historia interesante de aproximadamente seis siglos, durante el cual Europa estaba tratando de descubrir su identidad y cómo sobreviviría al caos provocado por la caída de Roma.

Nicholas Swift is a determined bachelor and a skeptical historian. When he hears about a strange phenomenon in a small village, he goes to investigate it against his better judgment. Sooner than he knows, he is thrust through a magical portal, transported to the mysterious land of Tilir, and left to discover and fulfill a unique mission. Jadine is a witch torn between her thirst for power and her duty to her husband and young children. For years, she has set her abilities aside, but now that Tilir is in danger, she decides it's time for action. Leaving her home and family behind, Jadine ...

France, 1399: the Duke of Brittany is dead, and his widow, Joanna of Navarre, has inherited control of their land - a testament to her intellect, integrity and political prowess. Then comes an unprecedented proposal from Henry IV, King of England. The price of becoming his Queen? Abandoning her homeland, leaving her children and sacrificing her independence. Henry's hold on the crown is unsteady, and war is brewing.

The office of Poet Laureate goes back many centuries - informally to the time of Geoffrey Chaucer in 1389 and followed thereafter by a number of ‘volunteer laureates’. It was formally assigned to Ben Jonson in 1617 and, as a Royal office by letters patent in 1670, to John Dryden. It is a rich, rewarding history that bursts with the words, themes and visions of many great poets that has bound poetry and poets to a nation's soul.

The Roman Empire crumbled, and nothing could replace it. People groups shifted all over the continent: the Byzantines came after the Visigoths, the Saxons clashed with the Celts, and the Vikings pillaged everyone. Eventually, feudalism emerged and brought with it knights in shining armor and long lines of monarchs.

Se denomina así al periodo de la historia de Europa que se extiende desde la caída del Imperio romano de Occidente hasta aproximadamente el año 1000, época de resurgimiento económico y cultural, donde tres imperios convivieron y lucharon por la supremacía: el bizantino, el árabe o islámico y el carolingio.

La enorme cantidad de combatientes que periódicamente zarpaban hacia el Cercano Oriente para luchar contra los musulmanes son una prueba de la popularidad generalizada del aventurerismo en el extranjero en ese momento. La idea de una cruzada, en la que grandes ejércitos procedentes de varias regiones de Europa se reunían con el fin de luchar contra los musulmanes turcos y árabes, quedó tan arraigada que se amplió para incluir a las cruzadas contra las sectas cristianas europeas heréticas.

“Do not be fooled by their freedom, for they are bound to gold and silver as any man.” Falls Ende – Secundus, the second novel in the Falls Ende series, is a gripping, page-turning window into our storied past. This riveting sequel to Falls Ende – Primus, is Paul W. Feenstra’s next installment of his fast-paced medieval saga that will leave you breathless. When Mellester Manor, a small peaceful hamlet in southern England, is overcome by a catastrophic disaster, Odo and Charlotte’s life is in absolute turmoil. With Sir Gweir, Lord of Mellester Manor, away in Ireland fighting ...

1633. In dem Alpendorf San Michele herrscht die Inquisition. Alles, was nicht ihren Normen entspricht, wird gnadenlos verfolgt. Und an diesem Ort verbinden sich die Schicksale von Daniele, der mit einer ganz besonderen Gabe zur Welt gekommen ist, und Susanna, die unter dramatischen Umständen geboren wird. Die Welt steht vor dem Umbruch, als der Wissenschaftler Galileo Galilei den Beweis erbringt, dass nicht die Erde der Mittelpunkt des Universums ist, sondern die Sonne. Vor diesem Hintergrund müssen Susanna und Daniele eine ungewöhnliche Mission erfüllen.

To this day, thanks to its impressive archaeological sites, Rhodes still bears the indelible marks of its storied past. Rhodes after Antiquity: The History and Legacy of the Famous Greek Island in the Middle Ages and the Modern Era examines the history of one of the most crucial locations in the Mediterranean. You will learn about Rhodes like never before.

In this sequel to ‘Anais of Brightshire’, Anais, a fourteen-year-old girl living in the Great House of Brightshire acts as an apprentice to the house scribe while secretly practicing blood magic. After using her magic to heal the lord’s eldest son, she's forced to flee the city with the lord’s children. As they struggle to survive on their journey, the ties that bind them deepen.

Alors que la Bretagne, en plein chaos et attaquée de part et d'autres pas des hordes sanguinaires, ne parvient pas à assurer son unité, Galahad propose à l'abbé Myrddin une machination diabolique : faire de Kay, un jeune seigneur sans envergure, le grand roi de la région en simulant l'intervention divine. Il doit feindre de sortir d'un rocher une épée que seul l'envoyé de Dieu pourrait extraire.

The most famous man of the Middle Ages was probably Charlemagne, and few would argue that he was also the most important man during those centuries. When Charlemagne became king of the Franks, he proceeded to create one of the largest European empires since the collapse of Rome. Through his conquests across Western Europe and Italy, Charlemagne became the first holy Roman emperor after a famous imperial coronation by Pope Leo III.

A silent princess, a captive king, four realms at war.... Princess Katherine knows her hand has been given to sinister King Philip, but when she learns he's taken the ruler of a neighboring kingdom captive, she's compelled to discover King Matthew's location and set him free before it's too late. However, with Matthew's brother King Caleb closing in on Philip's borders, Philip threatens to end Matthew. Katherine is running out of time. Saving Matthew without being able to speak proves complicated, especially when another woman assumes Katherine's identity, and the princess finds herself in ...