After Rome Fell: Best Non Fiction Books about the Dark/ Medieval Age
Explore the best non-fiction books about the Dark and Medieval Ages after Rome fell. Discover gripping histories, key events, and expert insights into this transformative era.
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The World of Late Antiquity
by Peter Brown
These centuries, as the author demonstrates, were the era in which the most deeply rooted of ancient institutions disappeared for all time. By 476 the …
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How the Irish Saved Civilization
by Thomas Cahill
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages …
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Two Lives of Charlemagne
by Einhard
Two revealingly different accounts of the life of the most important figure of the Roman Empire Charlemage, known as the father of Europe, was one …
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The Kindness of Strangers
by John Boswell
Using a wide variety of sources, John Boswell examines the evidence that parents of all classes gave up unwanted children, "exposing" them in public places, …
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The Year 1000
by Robert Lacey
As the Shadow of the Millennium Descended Across England and Christendom, it Seemed as if the World was About to End. Actually, it was Only …
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The World of the Vikings
by Richard Andrew Hall
Explores the Viking ways with photographs, reconstruction of Vicking ways, maps, antiquites, and history.
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1066
by David Howarth
The year 1066 is one of the most important dates in the history of the Western world: the year William the Conqueror defeated the English …
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Norman Knight AD 950–1204
by Christopher Gravett
Throughout the 11th and 12th centuries the Norman knight was possibly the most feared warrior in Western Europe. He was descended originally from the Vikings …
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What Life was Like in the Age of Chivalry
by Time-Life Books
YA. Biographical info. about the era's historic figures such as Charlemagne, Thomas Becket and Abelard and Heloise. 11 yrs+
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The Medieval Village
by George Gordon Coulton
Exceptionally well-documented vivid study of serfdom, manorial customs, abbeys, village discipline, peasant revolts, justice, religious education, tithing, much more. Illustrated. "...a remarkable book..."?Times (London) Literary …
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Life in a Medieval Castle
by Joseph Gies
Learn about the facts behind the myths of what castle life in the Middle Ages was all about.
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Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel
by Joseph Gies
An illuminating look at the monumental inventions of the Middle Ages, by the authors of Life in a Medieval Castle.
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France in the Middle Ages 987-1460
by Georges Duby
In this book, now available in paperback, he examines the history of France from the rise of the Capetians in the mid-tenth century to the …
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The Crusades
by Zoé Oldenbourg
The Crusades, as Zoe Oldenbourg describes them, were not simply a religious phenomenon, nor were they motivated by pure aggression. They were the result of …
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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings
by Amy Kelly
An account of Queen Eleanor which describes her dramatic life as a queen, her marriages, and her contributions to that period.
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William Marshal
by Georges Duby
Georges Duby, one of this century's great medieval historians, has brought to life with exceptional brilliance and imagination William Marshal, adviser to the Plantagenets, knight …
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Parzival and Titurel
by Wolfram von Eschenbach
Parzival is the greatest of the medieval Grail romances. It tells of Parzival's growth from youthful folly to knighthood at the court of King Arthur, …
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Queen Isabella
by Alison Weir
In this vibrant biography, acclaimed author Alison Weir reexamines the life of Isabella of England, one of history’s most notorious and charismatic queens. Isabella arrived …
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William Wallace
by Chris Brown
This title is a scholarly biography of William Wallace, published to coincide with the 700th anniversary of the execution of Wallace in August 2005.
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Chronicles
by Jean Froissart
One of the greatest contemporary records of fourteenth-century England and France Depicting the great age of Anglo-French rivalry from the deposition of Edward II to …
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The Devil and the Jews
by Joshua Trachtenberg
A JPS bestseller, this is the definitive work of scholarship on the medieval conception of the Jew as devil--literally and figuratively. Through documents, analysis, and …
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Abraham's Heirs
by Leonard B. Glick
Leonard B. Glick recounts the history of the Ashkenazic Jewish experience in medieval western Europe from the fifth to fifteenth centuries, focusing on interaction between …
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Children's Crusade
by Gary Dickson
The Children's Crusade was possibly the most extraordinary episode in the history of the crusades. The pueri (children, youngsters) of 1212 set out to recover …
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The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople
by Jonathan P. Phillips
In April 1204, the armies of Western Christendom wrote another bloodstained chapter in the history of holy war. Two years earlier, aflame with religious zeal, …
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Knights Templar Encyclopedia
by Karen Ralls
Historian Ralls has written an authoritative source book on the fascinating history behind the most famous military religious order of the Crusades--the Knights Templar. This …
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An Illustrated History of the Knights Templar
by James Wasserman
A lavishly illustrated, comprehensive look at the mysterious history of the Order of the Knights Templar • Presents the myths and historical truths of the …
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The Other God
by Juri P. Stojanov
This fascinating book explores the evolution of religious dualism, the doctrine that man and cosmos are constant battlegrounds between forces of good and evil. It …
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Crusade Against the Grail
by Otto Rahn
The first English translation of the book that reveals the Cathar stronghold at Montségur to be the repository of the Holy Grail • Presents the …
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The Yellow Cross
by Rene Weis
The Yellow Cross is a harrowing tale of a desperate people in a small corner of France who defied the kings of Europe and the …
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The Albigensian Crusade
by Jonathan Sumption
An extraordinary portrait of thirteenth-century Languedoc as well as of the savage war fought within its borders over the future of Christianity In the twelfth …
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Black Death
by Philip Ziegler
Examines the origins of the Black Death and its spread across Europe in the 14th century. Also discusses its social and economic consequences and effects …
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The Great Mortality
by John Kelly
La moria grandissima began its terrible journey across the European and Asian continents in 1347, leaving unimaginable devastation in its wake. Five years later, twenty-five …
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A Distant Mirror
by Barbara W. Tuchman
A “marvelous history”* of medieval Europe, from the bubonic plague and the Papal Schism to the Hundred Years’ War, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of …
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Lancaster and York
by Alison Weir
The war between the houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England was charactorised by treachery, deceit and some of the bloodiest and …