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Concise Histories eBook Series

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  • The Crusades

    Series series Concise Histories
    Recent world events, in particular the struggle against Islamic terrorism, have seen the word 'Crusades' widely used in political rhetoric. This ebook looks at modern conceptions of the crusades and compares them with the aims and motivations of those who took part.There is also a timeline detailing the major events of this period. ... Read more

    4,34 €

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  • The Templars

    History and Myth: From Solomon's Temple to the Freemasons

    by Michael Haag ...
    An order of warrior monks founded to protect pilgrims to Jerusalem, the Templars were among the wealthiest and most powerful bodies in the medieval world. Yet two centuries later, they were arrested, accused of blasphemy, heresy and orgies, and their leaders were burnt at the stake.Part guide, part history, this book investigates the Templar legends and legacy - from the mysteries of Solomon's ... Read more

    13,03 €

  • A History of Christianity

    The First Three Thousand Years

    Diarmaid MacCulloch's epic, acclaimed history A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years follows the story of Christianity around the globe, from ancient Palestine to contemporary China.How did an obscure personality cult come to be the world's biggest religion, with a third of humanity its followers? This book, now the most comprehensive and up to date single volume work in English ... Read more

    14,99 €

  • Becoming Charlemagne

    Europe, Baghdad, and the Empires of A.D. 800

    by Jeff Sypeck ...
    "Magnificently chronicles four significant years in the emperor's life . . . A splendid portrait [with] dazzling glimpses of Charlemagne's life and times." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)On Christmas morning in the year 800, Pope Leo III placed the crown of imperial Rome on the brow of a Germanic king named Karl. With one gesture, the man later hailed as Charlemagne claimed his empire and ... Read more

    12,29 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pontifex Maximus

    A Short History of the Popes

    “Lascelles has achieved the seemingly impossible: a concise and highly readable history of Catholic Popes that manages to be extremely entertaining and informative at the same time.”Gerald Posner, author of God’s Bankers"A brilliant book on a number of different levels. Lascelles has an engaging prose style and an amazing eye for detail and apposite anecdote. Surely only purblind Catholic zelanti ... Read more

    3,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Birth of the West

    Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century

    by Paul Collins ...
    The tenth century dawned in violence and disorder. Charlemagne's empire was in ruins, most of Spain had been claimed by Moorish invaders, and even the papacy in Rome was embroiled in petty, provincial conflicts. To many historians, it was a prime example of the ignorance and uncertainty of the Dark Ages. Yet according to historian Paul Collins, the story of the tenth century is the story of our ... Read more

    Was 11,99 € Now 9,99 €

  • Jesus Wars

    How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 Years

    A history of the Dark Ages "explain[s] very clearly why people in the early Christian era were so passionately concerned with issues of high theology.( The Economist ).Jesus Wars reveals how official, orthodox teaching about Jesus was the product of political maneuvers by a handful of key characters in the fifth century. Philip Jenkins argues that were it not for these controversies, the papacy ... Read more

    15,89 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ruin of the Roman Empire

    A New History

    "A learned and often visceral account of how the Mediterranean ceased to be Roman, which serves simultaneously as charge sheet and lament." —Tom Holland, award-winning author of DominionThe dream Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar shared of uniting Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East in a single community shuddered and then collapsed in the wars and disasters of the sixth century. ... Read more

    12,29 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • God's Battalions

    The Case for the Crusades

    by Rodney Stark ...
    The author of The Rise of Christianity reviews the history of the seven major crusades from 1095-1291 in this work of religious revisionist history.Distinguished and award-winning scholar Rodney Stark takes on the current vogue in liberal thinking to argue that, in fact, the Crusades were not unprovoked. They were not the first round of European colonialism. They were not conducted for land, ... Read more

    15,89 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rise and Fall of the Knights Templar

    by Gordon Napier ...
    The Knights Templar, a mysterious fraternity of warrior monks, pledged their swords to defend pilgrims to the Holy Land from the bandits and marauders of the roads. Patronised by the aristocracy, the Templars soon evolved into a formidable army and were the vanguard of the ongoing Crusades. They were widely acclaimed for their boldness and tenacity, showered with gifts by Catholic nobles and ... Read more

    11,54 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Age of Faith

    The Story of Civilization, Volume IV

    by Will Durant ...
    Series series The Story of Civilization
    The Story of Civilization, Volume IV: A history of medieval civilization—Christian, Islamic, and Judaic—from Constantine to Dante: A.D. 325-1300. This is the fourth volume of the classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning series. ... Read more

    17,18 €

  • The Knights of the Holy Grail

    The Secret History of The Knights Templar

    Explains the heretical spiritual beliefs of the Knights Templar and the Rex Deus families and examines their role in the loss of the Holy Land. This book charts their achievements in a range of endeavours, from building castles and cathedrals to laying the foundations of the modern marketplace. ... Read more

    18,75 €