MARTIN LUTHER: CATHOLIC DISSIDENT
Written by Peter Stanford.
Stock no. 1829267
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 2017. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An examination of the man, the myth and the mass movement that his act of rebellion in nailing his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg provoked. An intimate portrait of this complex, often charismatic, man of God. The man who risked his life to challenge the corruption and complacency of late medieval Catholicism. Black boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. xiv and 434 pages including index. ISBN: 9781473621664. A few minor marks to boards. Damage to some page corners whereby the book has a few pages with corner tips turned over (relatively minor). Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges.

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MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE MEDIEVAL ART (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Paolo Piva; A. Cadel; F. Gandolfo; et al.
Stock no. 1829195
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Paolo Piva. This is the first English language edition, originally published in Italian in 2008 as Architettura. Medievale La Pietra e La Figura. Large format. Black cloth with white titles to spines. Stunning colour photographs. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is split at top closed edge else Very Good.

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CHIVALRY
Written by Maurice Keen.
Stock no. 1829176
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards with gilt title to spine and gilt and colour front board. Colour illustrations. xx and 400 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has white scuff marks to base and is lightly scuffed to sides, light bump to corner.

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THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN ENGLAND VOLUME II: THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by David Knowles.
Stock no. 1829127
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The book covers the period 1336-1485. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. xii and 405 pages. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers, contents otherwise clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is heavily foxed, heavily browned to spine with some loss to top & tail, a few minor edge-tears and chips.

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THE JANISSARIES
Written by Godfrey Goodwin.
Stock no. 1829119
Published by Saqi Books. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From the fifteenth to the sixteenth century, the janissaries were the scourge of Europe. Who were they? Why were they an elite? Why did they decline and what was their end? Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 288 pages. ISBN: 0863560490. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is a little marked & scuffed, spine very slightly faded.

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COLOURS OF MEDIEVAL CYPRUS
Written by Demetra Papanikola-Bakirtzi; David Hunt; Eleni Loizides.
Stock no. 1829111
Published by Anastasios G. Leventis Foundation. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Through the Medieval Ceramic Collection of the Leventis Muncipal Museum of Nicosia. Essays by Sir David Hunt and Eleni Loizides. Published in the event of the exhibition 'Colours of Medieval Cyprus: Aspects of Daily Life 1191-1571' organized to mark the accession of Cyprus to the European Union. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 165 pages. ISBN: 9963560636. Minor scuffing to rear cover. Contents clean.

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OLD TESTAMENT MINIATURES
Written by Sydney Cockerell; John Plummer.
Stock no. 1829105
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. Circa 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Medieval Picture Book with 283 Paintings From The Creation to The Story of David. Reproduced from the Illuminated Book belonging to The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, with additional leaves from the collections of The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, and Dr. Peter and Irene Ludwig, Aachen. Introduction and Legends by Sydney C. Cockerell. Preface by Plummer. Very large format. Light grey speckled cloth boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. 208 pages. ISBN: 0714813265. Top & bottom edge of boards browned. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed & worn and a little scuffed.

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EPICS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Richard Barber. Illustrated by John Vernon Lord.
Stock no. 1829079
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Brown leather spine with gilt title. Brown cloth boards with elaborate gilt decoration. Edited and introduced by Richard Barber. 16 colour illustrations including frontis. Top edge brown. xxx and 665 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed (VG+).

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THE BURGUNDIANS: A VANISHED EMPIRE
Written by Bart Van Loo.
Stock no. 1829046
Published by Head Of Zeus. Circa 2021. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A History of 1111 Years and One Day. An epic history of the dukedom of Burgundy. A compulsively readable narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury and madness. Dark navy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Ribbon page marker. Colour illustrations. xxxii and 589 pages including index. ISBN: 9781789543438. Second printing. Knock to spine through dustwrapper and front edge of spine - not too bad. Minor mark to vertical edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE WARS OF THE ROSES: THE MEDIEVAL ART OF GRAHAM TURNER
Written by Graham Turner. Illustrated by Graham Turner.
Stock no. 1829013
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 2024. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A detailed history of the wars alongside a unique and comprehensive collection of over 120 of the author's paintings and drawings, many created especially for this book. Meticulously researched details of arms, armour, settings and countless other aspects of the period, bringing to life the human stories behind the turbulent events. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations & photos throughout. 287 pages including index. ISBN: 9781472847287. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed.

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FIFTY ENGLISH STEEPLES
Written by Julian Flannery.
Stock no. 1828999
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England. Large format. Purple cloth spine with silver titles, white pictorial boards. Purple endpapers. B/w photos and diagrams. Purple ribbon page marker. 495 pages including index. ISBN: 9780500343142. White boards a little grubby. Contents clean. Some church steeples accompanied with a card drawing inserted.

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THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN ENGLAND
Written by David Knowles.
Stock no. 1828983
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book deals with monks and friars in all their activities from 1216 to about 1340. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt title and vignette to front. xvi and 348 pages including index. Reprint. Boards a little grubby and mottled. Edge of boarfds lightly rubbede. Corners bumped. Text block browned. A few minor foxspots. Price-cut yellow dustwrapper is browned, heavily so to spine, slight loss to top & tail of spine, a few marks. Strong musty odour present but contents otherwise clean.

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