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In Search of the Dark Ages

Author: Michael Wood

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2015-05-14

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1448141516

Updated with the latest archaeological research new chapters on the most influential yet widely unrecognised people of the British isles, In Search of the Dark Ages illuminates the fascinating and mysterious centuries between the Romans and the Norman Conquest of 1066. In this new edition, Michael Wood vividly conjures some of the most important people in British history such as Hadrian, a Libyan refugee from the Arab conquests and arguably the most important person of African origin in British history, to Queen Boadicea, the leader of a terrible war of resistance against the Romans. Here too, warts and all, are the Saxon, Viking and Norman kings who laid the political foundations of England: Offa of Mercia, Alfred the Great, Athelstan, and William the Conqueror, whose victory at Hastings in 1066 marked the end of Anglo-Saxon England. Reflecting the latest historical, textual and archaeological research, this revised and updated edition of Michael Wood's classic book overturns preconceptions of the Dark Ages as a shadowy and brutal era, showing them to be a richly exciting and formative period in the history of Britain.

In Search of the Holy Grail

Author: Veronica Ortenberg

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9781852853839

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This book surveys the influence of the middle ages, and of medieval attitudes and values, on later periods and on the modern world. Many artistic, political and literary movements have drawn inspiration and sought their roots in the thousand years between 500 and 1500 AD. Medieval Christianity, and its rich legacy, has been the essential background to European culture as a whole.Gothic architecture and chivalry were two keys to Romanticism, while nationalists, including the Nazis, looked back to the middle ages to find emerging signs of national character. In literature few myths have been as durable or popular as those of King Arthur, stretching from the Dark Ages to Hollywood. In Search of the Holy Grail is a vivid account of how later ages learnt about and interpreted the middle ages.

In Search of England

Author: Michael Wood

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780520232181

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In a rich unfolding of history and legend, the author of "Conquistadors" explores the character and origins of the Anglo-Saxon world, a culture that has had a significant impact worldwide. 30 illustrations, 16 in color.

Three Voyagers in Search of Europe

Author: Alan Holder

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 1512802387

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

In Search of a Perfect World

Author: Michael C. Sullivan

Publisher: Perfect World

Published: 2005-05

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781420841619

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"In Search of a Perfect World" examines the basic questions of human life on Earth: Who are we? Where did we come from? Why are we here? And where are we going? In attempting to answer these questions, humans have formed religious, social and political groups and launched wars to remove impediments to their visions of a more-perfect world. Intentional or utopian communities have been similarly inspired. Throughout the world, many cultures have maintained a belief that the world was once a better, more harmonious place and and will be again, after some form of cataclysm and the arrival of a savior or redeemer. This phenomenon, in some societies, is known as millennialism.

The Dark Ages

Author: Tony Gregory

Publisher:

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13: 9780816027873

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Explores the history of the world, from the fall of Rome to the rise of Islam, discussing such areas as Europe, the Mediterranean, the Far East, and the Americas.