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The story of the medieval world's most extraordinary organisations, the Assassins and the Templars
The Assassins and the Templars are two of history's ...
In Crucible of Light, Elizabeth Drayson pulls together the epic interwoven history of the Muslim and Christian worlds over an 800-year span, taking in the ...
A major assessment of Christianity's encounters with questions of sex, gender and the family over the ages
The Bible observes that God made humanity ...
'In the beginning was the Word,' says the Gospel of John. This sentence - and the words of all four gospels - is central to the teachings ...
Augustine of Hippo is one of the world's most influential theologians, an early Christian writer whose work shaped the course of Western philosophy. Born ...
'Monumental and eye-opening' Reza Aslan'A revelation [...and...] an intellectual triumph' Irish Independent'[A] massive achievement' Spectator'Refreshingly readable' Guardian
For the past two thousand ...
A concise new narrative history of Islam that draws on the transformative insights of recent research to emphasise the diversity and dynamism of the tradition ...
An award-winning historian reconstructs the life of Francis of Assisi, uncovering the man behind the myths
One of the most famous figures in Christian history ...
A New Yorker best book of 2025
'brilliantly inventive'. - Tom Holland
'learned, highly informative and readable'. - Literary Review
'thoughtful, humane and open-minded'. - Kirkus Reviews
'A ...
"A must read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the Islamic world" (San Francisco Chronicle)
We in the West share ...
A major new history of medieval monasticism, from the fourth to the sixteenth century
From the late Roman Empire onwards, monasteries and convents were a ...
How, over the course of five centuries, one particular god and one particular Christianity came to dominate late Roman imperial politics and piety
The ancient ...
Dan Jones narrates in his inimitably vivid and authoritative fashion the remarkable story of the Knights Templar.
'Exhilarating, epic, sword-swinging history' TLS
'Jones is certainly ...
An intimate and human portrait of Perpetua, a third-century woman author who was idealized as a Christian martyr
On March 7, 203, in the monumental ...
The Templars' entire story, covering the Crusades and the Holy Grail, right up to the bestsellers and blockbusters. Formed in the twelfth century to guard ...
