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A groundbreaking reappraisal of medieval femininity, revealing why women have been written out of history and why it matters.
The Middle Ages are seen as a bloodthirsty time of Vikings, saints and kings: a patriarchal society that oppressed and excluded women. But when we dig a little deeper into the truth, we can see that the "Dark" Ages were anything but.
Oxford and BBC historian Janina Ramirez has uncovered countless influential women's names...
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Geoffrey Chaucer's fourteenth-century masterpiece The Canterbury Tales is such a rollicking good read that you'll forget many critics and scholars also regard it as one of the most important literary works in English. A group of pilgrims are traveling together to visit a holy shrine at the Canterbury Cathedral. Along the way, they decide to hold a storytelling contest to pass the time, with the winner to be awarded a lavish feast on the
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Hinges of history volume 5
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N.A. Talese
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c2006
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English
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After the long period of cultural decline known as the Dark Ages, Europe experienced a rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science and began to develop a vision of Western society that remains at the heart of Western civilization today. On visits to the great cities of Europe--monumental Rome; the intellectually explosive Paris of Peter Abelard and Thomas Aquinas; the hotbed of scientific study that was Oxford; and the incomparable...
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High school sophomore Savannah wants to find the perfect prom date after her boyfriend breaks up with her to date her older sister, but when a godmother who is only fair becomes involved, Savannah finds herself in trouble in the Middle Ages, along with a boy who would like to be her charming prince.
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Penguin Press
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2017.
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English
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"An extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world's leading experts Winner of the 2017 Duff Cooper Prize Christopher de Hamel is the world's leading expert on medieval manuscripts. The Parker Librarian at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and the former head of manuscripts at Sotheby's, de Hamel has handled more of these extraordinary hand-made books than any other person...
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