Product Description: Introduction by L. Fred Ayvazian. Afterward y Ruth M. White. Drawings by Walter Richards. Third printing.

Product Description: La irrupción de los pueblos bárbaros en el siglo V y la sustitución de las instituciones del Imperio romano abren este volumen, que continúa con la creación de los reinos germánicos. El antiguo edificio político conocerá un fugaz renacimiento bajo Carlomagno...read more

Product Description: Life in ancient castles and the people who lived there, with practical projects to try.

Product Description: Learn about the everyday life of the Ancient Romans from their science and technology to their history and routines. Includes full-color illustrations.

"A simple introduction to the European warriors known as barbarians, including their history, lifestyle, weapons, and how they remain a part of today's culture through video games and films"--Provided by publisher.

Product Description: During the fourteenth century, Europe was attacked by a pestilence known as the Black Death. Highly contagious and usually fatal, the Black Death swept through much of the continent in waves, killing up to a third of the population and dramatically changing the way the survivors lived their lives and thought about the world...read more

Product Description: Books in the World History series examine the eras, events, civilizations, and movements that have shaped human history, providing readers with insight into the past and its many legacies.; ; Vivid writing, full-color photographs and extensive use of fully cited primary and secondary source quotations provide a sense of immediacy...read more

IT was the age of chain armour and tournaments—of iron barons and barons' wars—of pilgrims and armed pilgrimages—of forests and forest outlaws—when Henry III. reigned as King of England, and the feudal system, though no longer rampant, was still full of life and energy; when Louis King of France, afterwards canonised as St. Louis, undertook one of the last and most celebrated of those expeditions known as the Crusades, and described as 'feudalism's great adventure, and popular glory.' At the time when Henry was King of England and when Louis of France was about to embark for the East, with the object of rescuing the Holy Sepulchre from the Saracens, there stood on the very verge of Northumberland a strong baronial edifice, known as the Castle of Wark, occupying a circular eminence, visible from a great distance, and commanding such an extensive view to the north as seemed to ensure the garrison against any sudden inroad on the part of the restless and refractory Scots. On the north the foundations were washed by the waters of the Tweed, here broad and deep; and on the south were a little town, which had risen under the protection of the castle, and,—stretching away towards the hills of Cheviot,—an extensive park or chase, abounding with wild cattle and deer and beasts of game. At an earlier period this castle had been a possession of the famous house of Espec; and, when in after days it came into the hands of the Montacute Earls of Salisbury, Edward III. was inspired within its walls with that romantic admiration of the Countess of Salisbury which resulted in the institution of the Order of the Garter. During the fifth decade of the thirteenth century, however, it was the chief seat of Robert, Lord de Roos, a powerful Anglo-Norman noble, whose father had been one of the barons of Runnymede and one of the conservators of the Great Charter.

Product Description: Enter the enthralling medieval world of castles attacked and defended by brave and noble knights! This interactive puzzle-in-a-book invites kids ages 7 and up to pop out and assemble a stand-up castle complete with knights and battle equipment...read more

Product Description: Discover the real techniques behind how castles were built, and the lives of the brilliant craftspeople who made them.

Product Description: While the old Roman Empire of the west crumbled to ruin, the Byzantines grew strong and powerful, creating such cities as Constantinople. Under such leaders as Constantine and Justinian the Great, the Byzantine Empire flourished. Readers will discover how the Byzantines transformed Christianity, protected Europe from would-be invaders, and later carried the seeds of the Renaissance to Italy during their thousand-year reign...read more

One of a series, this book describes a typical castle. Although it is an information book in content, the subject is approached in a manner to excite curiosity. The laminated board binding covers a spiral spine for easy use and each laminated page peels back to reveal the unexpected.

Discusses the history of castles, their purpose and uses, and the role in society held by them and their inhabitants