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[1986]
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Lawrence Duket, goldsmith, kills Ralph Crepyn, moneylender, and flees to London's St. Mary Le Bow for sanctuary. The next day Duket is found hanged inside the locked church, an apparent suicide. Bishop Burnell, Chancellor for King Edward I, assigns Corbett to investigate. Burnell fears that the antiroyal Populares party will join with practitioners of devil worshipat this time, ``Christianity is only skin deep.'' Hugh Corbett is threatened and attacked...
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Pulled from her hiding place in an old Saxon church, Lady Lily is forced to face the warrior who's been hunting for her - Radulf, the King's Sword, a man known as cold and heartless/merciless; a man whose name all fear to speak. But when she looks into his coal-dark eyes, it is not fear that makes her tremble, but desire. She may have to conceal her true identity to save her life, but there's little hope of shielding her heart.
Radulf is a proven...
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Beautiful Lady Rose, the fiercely independent mistress of Somerford Manor, fears she may lose her home to roving raiders. As a lone woman-in a man's world-asking for help from her Liege Lord, so instead, she reluctantly hires a bold Viking warrior, Gunnar Olafson, and his mercenaries to protect her undefended lands and people. Strong, muscular, and intense Gunnar takes her breath away, but she dares not trust him, especially when she barely trusts...
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Great courses. Ancient and medieval history volume 893
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[2002]
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English
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This set of twenty-four lectures examines aspects of elite and popular culture in late medieval and early modern Western Europe, focusing on the way in which men and women seeking to explain, order, and escape the terrors of their lives embraced transcendental religious experiences, dreamed of and worked for the coming of the apocalypse, and seized on a widespread belief in witchcraft and Satanism.
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A PROUD KNIGHT FALLS…
Renowned English knight Ivo de Vessey officiates at a concert for his liege lord in the nobleman's great hall, but he is barely able to keep his mind on his task. He can't take his eyes off of the stunning singer with dark hair, mysterious eyes, and a voice like honey. Who is this angelic creature whose voice touches his soul, softens his heart, and fills him with a tender longing he's never felt before? It feels as if she...
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An Unexpected Passion Young widow, Lady Jenova of Gunlinghorn knows she must marry again, but is unsure of the bridegroom that has been chosen. However, she knows she can trust her devilishly handsome childhood friend, Lord Henry, who now advises the King! When they are trapped together by a winter tempest, she and Henry shock themselves by surrendering to a wildly passionate indiscretion. And suddenly Jenova must rethink her wedding plans.
13) The Vikings
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Great courses. History. Medieval history volume 3910
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[2005]
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English
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As explorers and traders, the Vikings played a decisive role in the formation of Latin Christendom, and particularly of Western Europe. In this course the Vikings will be studied not only as warriors, but also in other roles for which they are equally extraordinary: merchants, artists, kings, raiders, seafarers, shipbuilders, and creators of a remarkable literature of myths and sagas.
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Great courses. Ancient and medieval history volume 3300
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[2008]
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English
17) The Highlander
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From Heather Grothaus comes a tale of desire and deception in Scotland, AD 1076, and of the couple whose love could bring two clans together--or rip them apart. . .
When Evelyn Godewin departs from her native England, she's looking for a new beginning. Yet fate has other plans in store for her when she's left stranded alone in an unforgiving highland forest, hunted by wolves as winter sets in. Determined to make the best of her surroundings, Evelyn...
18) Sword of Shame
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From its first arrival in Britain with the Norman forces of William the Conqueror, violence and revenge are the cursed sword's constant companions. From an election-rigging scandal in 13th century Venice to the battlefield of Poitiers in 1356, as the Sword of Shame passes from owner to owner in this compelling collection of interlinked mysteries, it brings nothing but bad luck and disgrace to all whoever possesses it.
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