Best Books on Early Medieval History, Art, Literature and Archaeology

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God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science
God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science 4.12 avg rating — 1,059 ratings
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The Sword in Early Medieval Northern Europe: Experience, Identity, Representation (Anglo-Saxon Studies, 36)
The Sword in Early Medieval Northern Europe: Experience, Identity, Representation (Anglo-Saxon Studies, 36) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Medieval Fashions Coloring Book (Dover Fashion Coloring Book)
Medieval Fashions Coloring Book (Dover Fashion Coloring Book) 3.95 avg rating — 63 ratings
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The Book of Kells: Forty-eight pages and details in color from the manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin
The Book of Kells: Forty-eight pages and details in color from the manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin 4.03 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Chaucer's Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury
Chaucer's Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury 3.62 avg rating — 357 ratings
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Eurasian Empires in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages: Contact and Exchange between the Graeco-Roman World, Inner Asia and China
Eurasian Empires in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages: Contact and Exchange between the Graeco-Roman World, Inner Asia and China 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Anglo-Saxon Spirituality: Selected Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality
Anglo-Saxon Spirituality: Selected Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Wisdomkeepers of Stonehenge: The Living Libraries and Healers of Megalithic Culture
Wisdomkeepers of Stonehenge: The Living Libraries and Healers of Megalithic Culture 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 2: c.700 - c.900
The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 2: c.700 - c.900 4.09 avg rating — 32 ratings
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The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 1: c.500 - c.700
The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 1: c.500 - c.700 4.36 avg rating — 44 ratings
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The Anglo-Saxon Age: A Very Short Introduction
The Anglo-Saxon Age: A Very Short Introduction 3.62 avg rating — 499 ratings
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The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok
The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok 3.85 avg rating — 1,547 ratings
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The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 3: c.900 - c.1024
The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 3: c.900 - c.1024 3.96 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Britain AD: A Quest for Arthur, England and the Anglo-Saxons
Britain AD: A Quest for Arthur, England and the Anglo-Saxons 3.81 avg rating — 404 ratings
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Introduction to Old English
Introduction to Old English 3.84 avg rating — 273 ratings
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Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain
Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain 3.90 avg rating — 652 ratings
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The Inferno
The Inferno 4.03 avg rating — 200,533 ratings
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A New Introduction To Old Norse: Part III Glossary and Index of Names
A New Introduction To Old Norse: Part III Glossary and Index of Names 3.96 avg rating — 26 ratings
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The British Heroic Age: A History, 367-664
The British Heroic Age: A History, 367-664 liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Matthew Paris's English History V1: From The Year 1235 To 1273 (1852)
Matthew Paris's English History V1: From The Year 1235 To 1273 (1852) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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A New Introduction to Old Norse, Part I: Grammar
A New Introduction to Old Norse, Part I: Grammar 4.14 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day
Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day 3.35 avg rating — 1,781 ratings
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Chronicles
Chronicles 3.98 avg rating — 799 ratings
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A New Introduction to Old Norse: Part II Reader
A New Introduction to Old Norse: Part II Reader 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Book of Margery Kempe
The Book of Margery Kempe 3.30 avg rating — 4,812 ratings
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Vikingen, Noormannen in de Lage Landen
Vikingen, Noormannen in de Lage Landen 3.72 avg rating — 50 ratings
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De Franken in België en Nederland: heersers in de vroege middeleeuwen
De Franken in België en Nederland: heersers in de vroege middeleeuwen 3.60 avg rating — 60 ratings
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The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance
The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance 4.30 avg rating — 152 ratings
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Early Medieval Stone Monuments: Materiality, Biography, Landscape (Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture, 6)
Early Medieval Stone Monuments: Materiality, Biography, Landscape (Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture, 6) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them
Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them 3.62 avg rating — 765 ratings
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Representing Beasts in Early Medieval England and Scandinavia (Anglo-Saxon Studies, 29)
Representing Beasts in Early Medieval England and Scandinavia (Anglo-Saxon Studies, 29) 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Food, Eating and Identity in Early Medieval England (Anglo-Saxon Studies, 22)
Food, Eating and Identity in Early Medieval England (Anglo-Saxon Studies, 22) 3.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps
Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps 3.95 avg rating — 204 ratings
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Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction
Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction 3.98 avg rating — 2,812 ratings
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The Lost World of Byzantium
The Lost World of Byzantium 4.16 avg rating — 457 ratings
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A Companion to Medieval Art: Romanesque and Gothic in Northern Europe
A Companion to Medieval Art: Romanesque and Gothic in Northern Europe 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade
Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade 4.22 avg rating — 431 ratings
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Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane
Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane 4.26 avg rating — 1,186 ratings
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The Byzantine World War
The Byzantine World War 4.14 avg rating — 362 ratings
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Women in Early Medieval Europe, 400-1100
Women in Early Medieval Europe, 400-1100 3.74 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Moorish Architecture (Taschen 25th Anniversary Series)
Moorish Architecture (Taschen 25th Anniversary Series) 4.07 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Women in Early Medieval China
Women in Early Medieval China 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages
The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages 4.26 avg rating — 931 ratings
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Hidden and Visible Realms: Early Medieval Chinese Tales of the Supernatural and the Fantastic
Hidden and Visible Realms: Early Medieval Chinese Tales of the Supernatural and the Fantastic really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Images of Enchantment: Visual and Performing Arts of the Middle East
Images of Enchantment: Visual and Performing Arts of the Middle East 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Signs from the Unseen Realm: Buddhist Miracle Tales from Early Medieval China
Signs from the Unseen Realm: Buddhist Miracle Tales from Early Medieval China 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China
Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China 2.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800
Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800 4.35 avg rating — 180 ratings
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Negotiating Cultural Identity: Landscapes in Early Medieval South Asian History
Negotiating Cultural Identity: Landscapes in Early Medieval South Asian History 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Multicultural China in the Early Middle Ages
Multicultural China in the Early Middle Ages 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Middle Ages in 50 Objects
The Middle Ages in 50 Objects 4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Anglo-Saxon England
Anglo-Saxon England 4.15 avg rating — 369 ratings
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Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan
Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan 4.12 avg rating — 77 ratings
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The Story of the Drinking Horn: Drinking Culture in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages (21) (Publications from the National Museum Studies in Archaeology & History)
The Story of the Drinking Horn: Drinking Culture in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages (21) (Publications from the National Museum Studies in Archaeology & History) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Making of Early Medieval India
The Making of Early Medieval India 3.81 avg rating — 36 ratings
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The Middle Ages: Everyday Life in Medieval Europe
The Middle Ages: Everyday Life in Medieval Europe 3.98 avg rating — 236 ratings
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Aristotle's Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Middle Ages
Aristotle's Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Middle Ages really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,063 ratings
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Early Medieval Ireland 400 - 1200
Early Medieval Ireland 400 - 1200 3.96 avg rating — 89 ratings
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Magic in the Middle Ages
Magic in the Middle Ages 3.96 avg rating — 793 ratings
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The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century
The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century 4.17 avg rating — 60 ratings
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The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and How It Died
The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and How It Died 4.03 avg rating — 2,016 ratings
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The Germanization of Early Medieval Christianity: A Sociohistorical Approach to Religious Transformation
The Germanization of Early Medieval Christianity: A Sociohistorical Approach to Religious Transformation 4.28 avg rating — 136 ratings
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Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews
Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews 4.10 avg rating — 2,306 ratings
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Living with Disfigurement in Early Medieval Europe
Living with Disfigurement in Early Medieval Europe 3.60 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Islamic Art and Visual Culture: An Anthology of Sources
Islamic Art and Visual Culture: An Anthology of Sources 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Where Three Worlds Met: Sicily in the Early Medieval Mediterranean
Where Three Worlds Met: Sicily in the Early Medieval Mediterranean 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings
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How to Read Islamic Calligraphy
How to Read Islamic Calligraphy 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Art of the Picts: Sculpture and Metalwork in Early Medieval Scotland
The Art of the Picts: Sculpture and Metalwork in Early Medieval Scotland 4.46 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The Islamic World: A History in Objects
The Islamic World: A History in Objects 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Great Clarity: Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China
Great Clarity: Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Islamic Civilization in Thirty Lives: The First 1,000 Years
Islamic Civilization in Thirty Lives: The First 1,000 Years 3.62 avg rating — 170 ratings
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The Lindisfarne Gospels and the Early Medieval World
The Lindisfarne Gospels and the Early Medieval World 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge from the Classical Islamic World
The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge from the Classical Islamic World 3.84 avg rating — 184 ratings
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Islamic and Christian Spain in the Early Middle Ages
Islamic and Christian Spain in the Early Middle Ages 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings
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God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215
God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 3.78 avg rating — 948 ratings
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Anglo-Saxon Art
Anglo-Saxon Art 4.17 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Aladdin's Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World
Aladdin's Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World 3.61 avg rating — 302 ratings
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Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse from the Early Mystics to Rumi
Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse from the Early Mystics to Rumi 4.12 avg rating — 316 ratings
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Insular and Anglo-Saxon Art and Thought in the Early Medieval Period
Insular and Anglo-Saxon Art and Thought in the Early Medieval Period really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Koran: A Very Short Introduction
The Koran: A Very Short Introduction 3.37 avg rating — 800 ratings
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Writing the Welsh Borderlands in Anglo-Saxon England (Artes Liberales MUP Series)
Writing the Welsh Borderlands in Anglo-Saxon England (Artes Liberales MUP Series) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)
Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies) 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Pictorial Arts of the West, 800-1200
The Pictorial Arts of the West, 800-1200 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Picture Cave: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Mississippian Cosmos (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)
Picture Cave: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Mississippian Cosmos (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Ohthere's Voyages: A late 9th Century Account of Voyages along the Coasts of Norway and Denmark and its Cultural Context (Maritime Culture of the North)
Ohthere's Voyages: A late 9th Century Account of Voyages along the Coasts of Norway and Denmark and its Cultural Context (Maritime Culture of the North) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Mississippian Beginnings (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series)
Mississippian Beginnings (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Wulfstan's Voyage: The Baltic Sea Region in the early Viking Age as seen from shipboard (Maritime Culture of the North)
Wulfstan's Voyage: The Baltic Sea Region in the early Viking Age as seen from shipboard (Maritime Culture of the North) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Maya Art and Architecture
Maya Art and Architecture 3.86 avg rating — 72 ratings
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The Old English History of the World: An Anglo-Saxon Rewriting of Orosius
The Old English History of the World: An Anglo-Saxon Rewriting of Orosius 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
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2000 Years of Mayan Literature
2000 Years of Mayan Literature 4.27 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Anglo-Saxon Poetry
Anglo-Saxon Poetry 4.02 avg rating — 40 ratings
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The Age of Bede
The Age of Bede
by: Bede
3.80 avg rating — 337 ratings
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Charms, Liturgies, and Secret Rites in Early Medieval England
Charms, Liturgies, and Secret Rites in Early Medieval England 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Cartoon History of the Universe III: From the Rise of Arabia to the Renaissance (The Cartoon History of the Universe, #3)
The Cartoon History of the Universe III: From the Rise of Arabia to the Renaissance (The Cartoon History of the Universe, #3) 4.31 avg rating — 2,152 ratings
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Corsets and Codpieces: A History of Outrageous Fashion, from Roman Times to the Modern Era
Corsets and Codpieces: A History of Outrageous Fashion, from Roman Times to the Modern Era 3.63 avg rating — 1,073 ratings
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From Ritual to Romance
From Ritual to Romance 3.73 avg rating — 653 ratings
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Beyond the Northlands: Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Sagas
Beyond the Northlands: Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Sagas 4.13 avg rating — 328 ratings
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Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings
Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings 4.19 avg rating — 1,390 ratings
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Song of the Vikings
Song of the Vikings 3.92 avg rating — 511 ratings
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Viking Myths and Sagas: Retold from Ancient Norse Texts
Viking Myths and Sagas: Retold from Ancient Norse Texts really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 218 ratings
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