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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 the beginning was the Word,' says the Gospel of John. This sentence - and the words of all four gospels - is central to the teachings ...
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 ...
'If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed . . . Written with ...
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 ...
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 ...
'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 ...
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 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 ...
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringThe Catholic Reformation: A Very Short Introduction traces the Catholic Reformation from its beginnings in the first half of the ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 in the so-called "burned-over district" of upstate New York, which ...
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 ...
