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CELTIC OPPIDUM CELTIC OPPIDUM 2
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CELTIC OPPIDUM

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Ancient strategy game for 2 or more players. OPPIDUM (the name for Celtic fortified towns) is a simulation game set in modern-day France, Belgium, and England during the first century BC. It recreates the many battles fought by Celtic tribes to resist Caesar's ambitions. The Celtic Oppidum is a set of 3 complementary map boards for the OPPIDUM game....
OPPIDUM - Skirmishes in the Age of the Gallic Wars OPPIDUM - Skirmishes in the Age of the Gallic Wars 2
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Ancient strategy game for 2 or more players. ​​​​OPPIDUM is an immersive ancient strategy game that plunges you into the heart of the great battles of the 1st century BC. ​ Relive the historic clash between Celtic tribes and Roman legions across present-day France, Belgium, and England, as Caesar extends his empire. Choose your side and play as Gauls,...
THE ANARCHY - Siege Warfare in Normandy and England, 12th... THE ANARCHY - Siege Warfare in Normandy and England, 12th... 2
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Medieval strategy game for 2 or more players. THE ANARCHY is the name given to the civil war of 1135–1154 over the succession of Henry I Beauclerc, King of England and Duke of Normandy. It pitted Stephen of Blois against the 'Empress' Matilda, wife of Geoffrey Plantagenet. This war was a succession of sieges. It is an opportunity to bring all the siege...
AGER SANGUINIS - The Normans in Northern Syria in the... AGER SANGUINIS - The Normans in Northern Syria in the... 2
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AVAILABLE APRIL 2026 Medieval skirmish game for 2 or more players. AGER SANGUINIS (The Field of Blood, named after a battle lost by Roger of Antioch in 1119) presents the fierce fighting of the descendants of Bohemond of Taranto, son of Robert Guiscard and founder of the Principality of Antioch in northern Syria in the 12th century. The game brings...
MONTGISARD - The Templars in the Holy Land at the Time of... MONTGISARD - The Templars in the Holy Land at the Time of... 2
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Medieval skirmish game for 2 or more players. MONTGISARD is the name of the battle won by Baldwin IV, the Leper King of Jerusalem in 1177 against Saladin's Egyptian army. This game is an expansion for AGER SANGUINIS and introduces new Templar counters as well as famous figures such as Raynald of Châtillon, Balian of Ibelin and the Leper King himself. The...
A BRIEF HISTORY OF WAR. From Mesopotamia to Ukraine
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5,000 years of the art of war in 200 pages Since the dawn of humanity, war has determined the life and death of individuals and peoples. From the 3rd millennium BC, with the refinement of weapons and tactics, the phenomenon of warfare gathered momentum across the steppes of Central Asia, in Mesopotamia and in ancient China. Subsequently, ancient Greece,...
REDISCOVERING THE VIKINGS
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REDISCOVERING THE VIKINGS

L20250173
€27.96
Vikings are increasingly in the spotlight of films and television series, often with significant departures from what archaeological and historical research tells us. Through that research and the work of demanding re-enactment groups, the author finally allows us to rediscover them. The Vikings… Their raids, and the ancient Scandinavian civilisation from...
THE GREAT NAVAL BATTLES OF HISTORY 2nd edition - 2,500...
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The names of Actium, Lepanto, Trafalgar and Jutland resonate as so many confrontations that have entered History with a capital H. The warship became a weapon in its own right, ceaselessly evolving and transforming. Yet, however devastating these countless battles may have been, they also contributed to the greatness of humanity. For if conflicts...
Civil Wars - From the Renaissance to the Present Day
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" The greatest of evils is civil war " (Pascal) Following on from their previous successful collective work Le dernier carré, Jean-Christophe Buisson and Jean Sévillia have brought together renowned historians and journalists to recount the most significant civil wars that have disfigured the history of humanity, from the Wars of Religion that tore Europe...
1944, AMERICAN ARMOUR - From Normandy to Mons 1944, AMERICAN ARMOUR - From Normandy to Mons 2
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The decisive success of Operation "Cobra" left in the collective imagination an indelible impression of overwhelming power. Images of a wave of tanks still associated today with an all-powerful US Army. And yet! Four years earlier, in July 1940, the US Army did not possess a single tank worthy of the name, nor a single armoured division! The purpose of...
Medieval Furniture - Utensils and Ceramics from 500 to 1500
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As the thousand years of history and civilisation of the Middle Ages continue to yield new discoveries, the furniture of that period remains poorly understood. Following our revised reprint, reworked in 2008, of Viollet-le-Duc's Mobilier médiéval, a more current and comprehensive documentation was required. Drawing on the extensive archives of our journal...
STORMING THE WALLS - Cities at the heart of battle, from...
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Through humanity, the city and war have been intimately linked for several millennia. As a place of life and exchange, the city is, by its very nature, a geographical space where a population gathers, along with resources, wealth and power. It is therefore no surprise that every civilisation, including the most primitive, has sought to make the city a...
History of the Ninjas - Henchmen and Spies in Samurai Japan
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Ninjas – or shinobi – were men of the shadows. Before invading our literary and cinematic imagination, they lived in the age of warlords, in feudal Japan of the 16th century. One should not picture them dressed entirely in black, masked and perched on a rooftop, but rather dressed like country folk, blending into the crowd, undetectable. Their discretion...
RECONSTITUTIONS - Immersion in Living History
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From the hunter-gatherers of the Palaeolithic to the soldiers of the Second World War, by way of the great age of chivalry and the battles of the First Empire, reenactors seek to represent the lives of our ancestors as closely as possible to reality. Analysed by historian Martin Bostal, a specialist in recreations of the past, Barry's photographs offer an...
THE CATHAR DRAMA - A Tragic Epic
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Far from the beaten track and in the light of the latest research, this book restores the page of history that, in the Middle Ages, overturned the history of southern France. It reveals the reality and simplicity of a belief rooted in medieval Christianity. The violent reaction of the Church, backed by the King of France, plunged the region into a...
Constantinople, 1453 - "The City Has Fallen!"
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On 29 May 1453 — a Tuesday, the day of the god of War — Constantinople, the second Rome, the millennial capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell into the hands of the Turks. Nearly 7,000 men had resisted for fifty-five days against more than 100,000. Sacked, "the City" was depopulated and 50,000 slaves were taken into the Ottoman world. Emperor Constantine...
CASTILLON 17 July 1453 - France Wins the Hundred Years' War CASTILLON 17 July 1453 - France Wins the Hundred Years' War 2
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On 17 July 1453, a decisive turning point in the history of France. Before the stronghold of Castillon, supported by the cavalry of Pierre II, Duke of Brittany, the troops of Charles VII commanded by Jean de Bueil and the Bureau brothers faced the Anglo-Gascon forces one final time, led by an experienced but ageing captain, John Talbot. This final battle,...
DICTIONARY OF FRENCH MILITARY HISTORY – From the Origins...
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As General de Gaulle expressed it in a celebrated and striking phrase: "France was forged by the sword." To study the history of France — and in many respects the history of Europe and the world — one must above all take into account the military history of our country. To avoid misreadings, anachronisms and other hazardous interpretations, here is — from...
DICTIONARY OF THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
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This monumental work, conceived by the foremost French and foreign specialists under the direction of Jean-Marie Moeglin, offers the most complete picture yet of a century-long conflict that shaped the history of two nations, France and England, between the 14th and 15th centuries. The Hundred Years' War has long suffered from an old and narrow...
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF FRANCE
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF FRANCE

L20230163
€34.12
Thousands of discoveries constantly emerge under the archaeologists' trowel. The remains of dwellings, tombs, sanctuaries and workshops enrich our heritage as much as our understanding of past societies. Never before had these archives of the soil — from the Rhine to Finistère, from the Bay of the Somme to Corsica and the overseas territories — been...
NEW HISTORY OF FRENCH ARTILLERY - A HISTORY OF FRENCH... NEW HISTORY OF FRENCH ARTILLERY - A HISTORY OF FRENCH... 2
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The discovery of the collective weapon that artillery represents, born of the combination of advances in science, technology and tactical innovation in the field. Decisive on the battlefield, artillery nonetheless remains one of the great forgotten subjects of military history. This paradox is, in our country, all the more striking given that French...
REIMS - 28 October 1359 - 18 May 1360 REIMS - 28 October 1359 - 18 May 1360 2
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Edward III's chevauchée broke before Reims, the City of Coronations. In 1359, Edward III of England held John II the Good prisoner after his crushing defeat at Poitiers (1356). France was slow to pay the enormous ransom for its sovereign. Weary of waiting, Edward decided to mount an expedition to have himself crowned King of France at Reims. The City of...
Waging War – Conversations on the Operational Art
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A two-voice reflection on war and strategy, the like of which France has not seen in a long time. Why, throughout the centuries, have generals won so many victories that did not bring an end to the conflict? Why did the blood shed serve the objectives assigned by political authority to its armies so poorly? Why, to take one example among a thousand, were...
ARTILLERY REGIMENTS - History and Traditions
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An illustrated history that will reveal the singular identity of the artilleryman Soldiers who bring thunder down upon the battlefield, artillerymen have a rich history. Artillery Regiments invites you to explore the key events that made the reputation of these soldiers, as well as to discover the soul of the artillery: weapons and units, symbols and...
101 FORMIDABLE TACTICIANS 101 FORMIDABLE TACTICIANS 2
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101 FORMIDABLE TACTICIANS

L20220442
€28.34
From Geronimo to Rommel, from Napoleon to Giap, discover the 100 greatest tacticians in History. These extraordinary commanders capable of turning the tide on the battlefield and writing History. Produced under the auspices of the École de guerre – Terre, this work brings together for the first time the 100 most formidable tacticians. Four illustrated...
THE GREAT ATLAS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
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A reference work for understanding the fascinating period of the Middle Ages. Spanning from the 5th to the 15th century — covering nearly 1,000 years of history — the Middle Ages were long dominated by superstitions and erroneous beliefs, reducing them to a period of obscurantism, regression and violence. A dark age between two golden eras: Antiquity and...
CRÉCY 1346 — The First Great Battle of the Hundred Years'...
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On that Saturday, 24 August 1346, night had long since fallen. It was nearly midnight. A small band of horsemen arrived before the château de Labroye, 5 km north-east of Crécy-en-Ponthieu. The gate was closed, the drawbridge raised — fugitives from the French army had already warned the garrison that the battle was lost and the English victorious. The...
THE 10 GREATEST NAVAL BATTLES IN HISTORY - From Salamis... THE 10 GREATEST NAVAL BATTLES IN HISTORY - From Salamis... 2
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From Salamis to the Battle of the Gulf of Leyte, by way of Lepanto, Trafalgar, and the Battle of Tsushima, Pascal Francqueville revisits in this work the ten greatest naval battles in History. Each is placed in its historical context and then described in detail. The key figures of each battle and a precise presentation of the forces engaged on both sides...
Intrigues at the French Court - Secrets of History Intrigues at the French Court - Secrets of History 2
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Resounding coups d'état, knife-edge successions, duels, assassination attempts, conspiracies, poisonings and deceptions… intrigues, whether political or amorous, were never in short supply at the French court! From the poisoning of Agnès Sorel, favourite of Charles VII, to the affaire du collier involving Marie-Antoinette, the assassination of the Duc de...
Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City 2
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Beneath the City of Light, the fascinating shadow of the underground. Ancient quarries, sewers, the Métro, catacombs — Paris is riddled with tunnels! The book traces the construction of underground Paris: how the gypsum and limestone terrain was excavated to build the city's buildings and monuments; how the catacombs formed when insalubrious cemeteries...
2000 Years of French Fortification - From the 4th Century... 2000 Years of French Fortification - From the 4th Century... 2
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2000 YEARS OF FRENCH FORTIFICATION From the 4th century BC to the Atlantic Wall Oppida, castles, fortified churches, and urban ramparts dot the French landscape, while forts and Maginot works near the borders evoke former barriers. Why this omnipresent fortification? Historians, architects, and urban planners seek, for various reasons, an answer. They...
Who Dares Wins – From Gaugamela to Ouadi Doum: When...
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Strike at the head, wrong-foot the enemy, appear from nowhere… These are some of the audacious tactics analysed in Qui ose vaincra. Following the successes of L'Art de conduire une bataille and Les 7 Péchés capitaux du chef militaire, this third volume explores the different forms of boldness in combat, from the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC to the...
History of Military Orders and Knights - Book 3, From...
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This History of Military Orders or Knights, secular and regular militias, male and female, written in 1721, is the work of several specialist authors on the antiquity of these Orders such as Abbé Giustiniani, R. P. Bonanni, M. Herman, Shoonebek, etc., authenticating: their origins, their foundations, their progress, their way of life, their decline, their...
History of Military Orders and Knights - Book 2, From 700...
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This History of Military Orders or Knights, secular and regular militias, male and female, written in 1721, is the work of several specialist authors on the antiquity of these Orders such as Abbé Giustiniani, R. P. Bonanni, M. Herman, Shoonebek, etc., authenticating: their origins, their foundations, their progress, their way of life, their decline, their...
History of Military Orders and Knights - Book 1, From 400...
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This History of Military Orders or Knights, secular and regular militias, male and female, written in 1721, is the work of several specialist authors on the antiquity of these Orders such as Abbé Giustiniani, R. P. Bonanni, M. Herman, Shoonebek, etc., authenticating: their origins, their foundations, their progress, their way of life, their decline, their...
MEDIEVAL COSTUME FROM 1320 TO 1480
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Published in 2008, Medieval Costume from 1320 to 1480 by Florent Véniel quickly became a reference work on this period. Now out of print, it is at last being reissued. Since its first publication, knowledge of medieval costume has advanced. New researchers have emerged, new studies and fundamental texts have been published… Not to mention recent...
Civil and Military Architecture from the Middle Ages to...
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Civil and Military Architecture is a pioneering work of the nineteenth century, one of the very first to classify manor houses, house façades and fortified castles, and to organise the history of architecture into chronological periods. Turning the pages amid the ever-present illustrations, the reader travels through the history of France and perceives...
Torpedoes
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Torpedoes

L20210058
€18.01
In this work, Eugène Hennebert, a retired lieutenant-colonel of the Engineers, traces the history of torpedoes from antiquity — including certain forms of Greek fire — through to his own era, with the first torpedo boats and submarines. With the aid of numerous illustrations, he describes the various models invented, the means of deploying them and the...
Cooking and Eating in the Middle Ages — History, Produce,... Cooking and Eating in the Middle Ages — History, Produce,... 2
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Discover the story of Taillevent and his celebrated book, le Viandier, that of the master cook Chiquart, or that of the Mesnagier de Paris and many other culinary works. Then reinvent the galimafrée, savour a brouet, and taste the unmissable blanc-manger with red fruits! Travel to the heart of medieval cuisine through the pages of this work with its...
An Untold History of France in 100 Maps An Untold History of France in 100 Maps 2
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The history of France mapped, from prehistory to the present day, and narrated by Jean Sévillia. In 5 parts — " Origins ", " The Kingdom of France ", " The French Nation ", " Facing the Trials of the 20th Century " and " Towards the France of Tomorrow " — and in 100 previously unpublished and richly detailed maps, from the principal prehistoric sites to...
Charles Martel
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Charles Martel

L20210007
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The victory over the Arabs at Poitiers in 732: this is about all that remains of Charles Martel in the collective memory. A mere skirmish, or a clash of civilisations that saved Europe from Islamisation? The significance of this famous battle has seen renewed interest in the current context and is the subject of vigorous debate. However, one would be...
Flight Through the Air in the Middle Ages - A Historical...
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In medieval sources, human flight is rarely addressed directly: the catastrophic attempt by English monk Eilmer of Malmesbury, the flying machine dreamed up by Roger Bacon, or the vessel floating above the air imagined by Albert of Saxony and Nicole Oresme stand as celebrated exceptions. Yet the question of flight was a genuine intellectual challenge for...
Exceptional Women in the Middle Ages
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If great men embody history, the same cannot be said of women, so consistently has the past been cast in masculine terms. Yet certain women of the Middle Ages once left their mark on their era: queens, saints, writers or adventurers. The medieval chronicles evoke the figures of queens Clotilde, Radegonde, Brunehaut, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Blanche of...
History of Wine in France – From Antiquity to the Revolution
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Where and when did the very first drops of wine pass down a thirsty throat? What could the taste of the "nectar of the gods" in Antiquity possibly have been? Some 2,600 years ago, our ancestors living on the land of present-day Marseille discovered wine with delight. Shortly afterwards, the Gaulish elites began importing it in considerable quantities. But...
Secret Album of the Templars
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Secret Album of the Templars

L20200234
€21.80
A compilation bringing together, in an album illustrated primarily with fine antique colour engravings, the greatest secrets of the Templars… * Following the Secret Guide and the New Secrets on the Templars, a selection of the most mysterious and original stories about the Order of the Temple, gathered in a large-format volume. * Antique colour...
The Vikings – History & Tales
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The Vikings – History & Tales

L20200233
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The great episodes of Viking history, from Erik the Red to Harald Fairhair, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, are retraced in documented accounts. From the lively pen of Jean Mabire, here is the fabulous history of the Vikings, kings of the seas, superbly told. Gathered here are the exploits of Erik the Red, Harald Bluetooth, Harald Fairhair and...
WALKS THROUGH MEDIEVAL FRANCE
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WALKS THROUGH MEDIEVAL FRANCE

L20200114
€18.86
This highly practical illustrated book is a genuine synthesis of all the noteworthy medieval sites in France: churches, fortified towns, villages, châteaux, abbeys, cathedrals... A unique synthesis.
History of the French Navy: From its Origins to the End...
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While works on the two most recent world wars abound and every aspect has been covered in exhaustive detail, it seemed important to us to republish Alfred Donéaud's work, which — without prejudging the considerable developments of the late 19th and 20th centuries — recounts with simplicity and precision the History of the French Navy from its origins to...
HISTORY OF SHIPS IN ANCIENT CHINA
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Set out to discover an unexplored world. This book is a gateway to the fascinating world of ancient China. From prehistory to the mid-19th century, this voyage through the centuries, in the company of Professor Xi Longfei, will take you from wonder to wonder. This book will make you learn and dream: the epic of the Maritime Silk Road, the invention of...
NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
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Crécy, Poitiers, Agincourt… the history of the Hundred Years' War as it is taught is punctuated solely by great land battles, chevauchées across France, and sieges of towns and fortresses. Reading these accounts, one would never imagine that this long conflict was also a naval war — that squadrons clashed at sea, that numerous merchant vessels were sunk...
SANDWICH 24 August 1217 – England Escapes French Domination
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In 1217, Prince Louis of France (the future Louis VIII, son of Philip II Augustus and father of Saint Louis) was waging war in England in the hope of seizing the crown. The convoy bringing him vital reinforcements was intercepted at sea, somewhere between Dover, Sandwich and South Foreland, and never reached the English coast. This naval battle is...
BRIGNAIS 6 April 1362 – The Tard-Venus at the Gates of Lyon
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Southwest of Lyon, April 1362. Led by the Constable of France, Jacques de Bourbon, the French army marches on the small town of Brignais, occupied by bands of routiers. These soldiers, idle since the signing of the Treaty of Brétigny two years earlier, roam the roads and spread terror throughout the southern provinces of the kingdom of France. Although...
VERNEUIL 17 August 1424 – The Scots to the Aid of France
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August 1424. After an hour of fierce fighting, twelve thousand combatants lay strewn across the plain a few hundred metres from the small Norman town. The Lombard-Hispanic-Scots-French army, commanded by Archibald Douglas, newly created Duke of Touraine and in the service of Charles VII, had just suffered a terrible reverse at the hands of the English...
THE TEUTONIC KNIGHTS
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THE TEUTONIC KNIGHTS

L20200012
€22.75
The history of the Teutonic Knights, from the Holy Land to the Baltic, in their conquest and evangelisation of the pagans of north-eastern Europe.
COURTRAI 11 July 1302
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COURTRAI 11 July 1302

L20200003
€17.06
The slaughter of the French chivalry
THE CUISINE OF THE DARK AGES - Recipes and Dietary Advice from Anthimus
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A Byzantine physician, Anthime, or Anthimus, is regarded both as the author of the first dietary treatise of our era and as the author of the only Merovingian cookery book. It is in fact one and the same work, De observatione ciborum. This culinary and dietary treatise is published in French for the first time by Ysec Éditions.
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