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English barrister and historical, travel and legal writer C.G. Addison wrote his history of the Knights Templar in 1842. The Knights Templar were a Catholic order active between 1119 and 1312. Growing rapidly in power and notable for charitable causes as well as their fighting skills during the crusades, they are perhaps best known for developing financial methods that were an early form of banking.

中世ヨーロッパの闇に隠された悪魔との契約伝説と、巨大なアーティファクトが放つ異様な存在感が交錯する歴史ノンフィクションが、あなたの知的好奇心を深く刺激します。静かな夜のリラックスタイムや毎日の通勤中...

停滞した暗黒時代という中世史の常識を覆し、西ローマ帝国の崩壊から近世へと至る激動のヨーロッパを鮮やかに描き出す、知的好奇心を刺激する歴史ドキュメンタリーです。毎日の通勤時間や夜の静かなリラックスタイ...

暗黒時代とも呼ばれる中世ヨーロッパの1000年を、誇り高き騎士の誕生と絶望をもたらすペストの猛威、そして人々の心を繋ぐ信仰という3つのレンズを通して鮮やかに描き出す、没入型歴史ドキュメンタリーです。毎日の...

十字軍が駆ける中世ヨーロッパ史の激動の中、貧しき修道士がいかにして巨大な国際金融ネットワークを築き上げたのか、その壮大な軌跡を解き明かします。毎日の通勤時間や静かな夜の休息に、知的好奇心を刺激するド...

Triumph and tragedy, love and loss, murder and malice in the lives of five fifteenth-century queens The fifteenth century was a turbulent age: the Hundred Years War between England and France, and the Wars of the Roses dominated the lives of people both inside and out of the royal courts. Joan...

一人の王の死が引き金となった1066年の激動は、中世イングランドの社会構造とヨーロッパの歴史を根底から覆す壮大なドラマへの扉を開き、短時間で歴史の転換点を深く理解する圧倒的な没入感をもたらします。毎日の...

古代スラヴ人とヴァイキングが交差する広大な平原から、いかにして強大な権力が誕生したのか、交易と覇権争いの壮大な歴史ドラマが幕を開けます。毎日の通勤時間や夜の静かなリラックスタイムが、知的好奇心を激し...

歴史の闇に埋もれた不気味な怪異や聖遺物の伝説を紐解き、中世の真実と虚構が交差する魅惑的な歴史ミステリーの世界へあなたを誘います。静かな夜のリラックスタイムや、日常から離れた通勤のひとときに、知的好奇...

血塗られた王位継承と過酷な婚姻外交が織りなす中世ヨーロッパの権力闘争が、あなたの毎日の通勤時間を壮大な歴史ドラマの舞台へと変貌させます。イングランドとスコットランド、二つの王国が衝突する激動の時代に...

A thrilling history of Florence's most famous family, the Medicis, from thrilling heights to the end of an astonishing era. At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. This enthralling book charts the family's huge influence on the political, economic and cultural history of Florence.

Discover how Viking settlers defied kings to forge a revolutionary democracy on a volcanic edge of the world. Instead of bowing to a royal court, early explorers transformed shifting ice into the cradle of modern political innovation. This epic historical narrative reveals how sheer survival...

“The Map of Knowledge is an endlessly fascinating book, rich in detail, capacious and humane in vision.” —Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, winner of the Pulitzer Prize After the Fall of Rome, when many of the great ideas of the ancient world were lost...

Wales has a long and storied history, filled with heroic deeds, legendary figures, and pivotal moments. In this concise history book, you will discover the fascinating story of Wales, from its ancient Celtic origins to the modern-day nation. From the reign of King Arthur and the battles of the Welsh princes to the industrial revolution and the rise of Welsh nationalism, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the key moments and figures that have shaped Wales over the centuries.

Narrated by Derek Perkins From a renowned historian who writes with "maximum vividness" (The New Yorker) comes the most authoritative, readable single-volume military history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land. Nine hundred years ago, a vast Christian army, summoned to holy war by the Pope...

"Not only an engrossing read about the distant past, both informative and entertaining, but also a profoundly thought-provoking view of our not-really-so-‘new’ present . . . All medieval history is here, beautifully narrated."—Wall Street Journal "A lively history . . . [Jones] has managed...

During the first millennium AD the most northerly part of Britain evolved into the country known today as Scotland. The transition was a long process of social and political change driven by the ambitions of powerful warlords. At first these men were tribal chiefs, Roman generals, or rulers of small kingdoms. Later, after the Romans departed, the initiative was seized by dynamic warrior-kings who campaigned far beyond their own borders. Armies of Picts, Scots, Vikings, Britons, and Anglo-Saxons fought each other for supremacy.

By the mid-fourteenth century, the world empire founded by Genghis Khan was in crisis. The Mongol Ilkhanate had ended in Iran and Iraq, China's Mongol rulers were threatened by the native Ming, and the Golden Horde and the Central Asian Mongols were prey to internal discord. Into this void moved the warlord Tamerlane, the last major conqueror to emerge from Inner Asia.

A definitive new biography of the Byzantine emperor Justinian Justinian is a radical reassessment of an emperor and his times. In the sixth century CE, the emperor Justinian presided over nearly four decades of remarkable change, in an era of geopolitical threats, climate change, and plague...

If ever a catharsis in Western European Civilization occurred, it had to have been the period we refer to as the Renaissance. After a thousand years of theocracy, manorialism, feudalism and narrow economic development, Europe was ripe for change. She got it with a vengeance.