Melisende's Library

Synopsis: The remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilif...

Synopsis: A thoroughly immersive read and a remarkable feat of imagination, Cathedral tells a sweeping story about obsession, mysticism, ar...

Kingship, Rebellion and Political Culture: England and Germany, c.1215 - c.1250 by Bjorn Weiler Taking as its starting point two uprisings...

This is the first major study in English of the queens of the Ottonian dynasty (919-1024). The Ottonians were a family from Saxony who are ...

From  Reviews in History : Frederick Barbarossa is arguably one of the most important German rulers of the Middle Ages, and certainly on...

For me, the tale started slowly, and at one stage I did consider leaving it there as there was no immediate connection with the subject an...