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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Sword, miter, and cloister Sword, miter, and cloister Constance Brittain Bouchard 463 pages : 25 cm OL2724484W
Those of my blood Those of my blood Constance Brittain Bouchard "Focusing on the Frankish realm between the eighth and twelfth centuries, Constance Brittain Bouchard outlines the operative definitions of "family" in this period when there existed various and flex… OL2724485W
Dancing to the precipice Dancing to the precipice Caroline Moorehead Her canvases were the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette; the Great Terror; America at the time of Washington and Jefferson; Paris under the Directoire and then under Napoleon; Regency London; t… OL2821542W
A Distant Mirror A Distant Mirror Barbara Wertheim Tuchman Amazon.com Review In this sweeping historical narrative, Barbara Tuchman writes of the cataclysmic 14th century, when the energies of medieval Europe were devoted to fighting internecine wars and … OL3378547W
Princesse of Versailles Princesse of Versailles Elliott, Charles Versailles had come to life again. For fifteen years Mme. de Maintenon's austerity had cast a gloom over the royal pleasure palace; the disillusioned old king, grown virtuous with advancing age, had … OL4118860W
A day with a noblewoman A day with a noblewoman Régine Pernoud Describes a typical day in the life of Lady Blanche of Champagne, a medieval noblewoman, followed by a fictional story based on the facts presented. OL540650W