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Antiquity - From the Birth of Sumerian Civilization to the Fall of the Roman Empire (Paperback, 1st Perennial ed): Norman F.... Antiquity - From the Birth of Sumerian Civilization to the Fall of the Roman Empire (Paperback, 1st Perennial ed)
Norman F. Cantor
R460 R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Save R76 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Bestselling author Norman Cantor delivers this compact but magisterial survey of the ancient world -- from the birth of Sumerian civilization around 3500 B.C. in the Tigris-Euphrates valley (present-day Iraq) to the fall of the Roman Empire in A.D. 476. In Antiquity, Cantor covers such subjects as Classical Greece, Judaism, the founding of Christianity, and the triumph and decline of Rome.

In this fascinating and comprehensive analysis, the author explores social and cultural history, as well as the political and economic aspects of his narrative. He explains leading themes in religion and philosophy and discusses the environment, population, and public health. With his signature authority and insight, Cantor highlights the great books and ideas of antiquity that continue to influence culture today.

In the Wake of the Plague - The Black Death and the World It Made (Paperback): Norman F. Cantor In the Wake of the Plague - The Black Death and the World It Made (Paperback)
Norman F. Cantor
R438 R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Save R72 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Last Knight - The Twilight of the Middle Ages and the Birth of the Modern Era (Paperback, 1st Perennial ed): Norman F.... The Last Knight - The Twilight of the Middle Ages and the Birth of the Modern Era (Paperback, 1st Perennial ed)
Norman F. Cantor
R376 R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Save R59 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

There may not be a more fascinating a historical period than the late fourteenth century in Europe. The Hundred Years' War ravaged the continent, yet gallantry, chivalry, and literary brilliance flourished in the courts of England and elsewhere. It was a world in transition, soon to be replaced by the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration -- and John of Gaunt was its central figure.In today's terms, John of Gaunt was a multibillionaire with a brand name equal to Rockefeller. He fought in the Hundred Years' War, sponsored Chaucer and proto-Protestant religious thinkers, and survived the dramatic Peasants' Revolt, during which his sumptuous London residence was burned to the ground. As head of the Lancastrian branch of the Plantagenet family, Gaunt was the unknowing father of the War of the Roses; after his death, his son usurped the crown from his nephew, Richard II. Gaunt's adventures represent the culture and mores of the Middle Ages as those of few others do, and his death is portrayed in The Last Knight as the end of that enthralling period.

Inventing the Middle Ages - The Lives, Works, and Ideas of the Great Medievalists of the Twentieth Century (Paperback, 1st... Inventing the Middle Ages - The Lives, Works, and Ideas of the Great Medievalists of the Twentieth Century (Paperback, 1st Quill ed)
Norman F. Cantor
R517 R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Save R70 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

INVENTING THE MIDDLE AGES

The Lives, Works, and Ideas of the Great Medievalists of the Twentieth Century

In this ground-breaking work, Norman Cantor explains how our current notion of the Middle Ages-with its vivid images of wars, tournaments, plagues, saints and kings, knights and ladies-was born in the twentieth century. The medieval world was not simply excavated through systematic research. It had to be conceptually created: It had to be invented, and this is the story of that invention.

Norman Cantor focuses on the lives and works of twenty of the great medievalists of this century, demonstrating how the events of their lives, and their spiritual and emotional outlooks, influenced their interpretations of the Middle Ages. Cantor makes their scholarship an intensely personal and passionate exercise, full of color and controversy, displaying the strong personalities and creative minds that brought new insights about the past.

A revolution in academic method, this book is a breakthrough to a new way of teaching the humanities and historiography, to be enjoyed by student and general public alike. It takes an immense body of learning and transmits it so that readers come away fully informed of the essentials of the subject, perceiving the interconnection of medieval civilization with the culture of the twentieth century and having had a good time while doing it! This is a riveting, entertaining, humorous, and learned read, compulsory for anyone concerned about the past and future of Western civilization.

The Age of Protest - Dissent and Rebellion in the Twentieth Century (Paperback): Norman F. Cantor The Age of Protest - Dissent and Rebellion in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
Norman F. Cantor
R1,022 Discovery Miles 10 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book, first published in 1970, examines significant protest movements of the twentieth century and looks at the similarities and differences between the various dissents and rebellions. Beginning with the mood of weariness and dissatisfaction with the old regimes at the turn of the century, it discusses the emergence of protest as an ideal, a viable force for reform. From radical unionism, it traces the thread through bohemianism, international communism and anticolonialism in the twenties; fascism and Nazism and protest as a way of life up to 1945; the Afro-Asian and early civil rights movements of the fifties; and the agitating students and revolutionary movements of the sixties.

Civilization of the Middle Ages (Paperback, Revised ed.): Norman F. Cantor Civilization of the Middle Ages (Paperback, Revised ed.)
Norman F. Cantor
R508 R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Save R70 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Now revised and expanded, this edition of the splendidly detailed and lively history of the Middle Ages contains more than 30 percent new material.

Alexander the Great - Journey to the End of the Earth (Paperback): Norman F. Cantor Alexander the Great - Journey to the End of the Earth (Paperback)
Norman F. Cantor
R323 R197 Discovery Miles 1 970 Save R126 (39%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Relying on four biographies of Alexander's contemporaries, combined with modern psychiatric and cultural studies, Cantor describes Alexander's relations with his parents, his Oedipal complex and his bisexuality. At the center of the book are Alexander's attempts to bridge the East and West, the Greek and Persian worlds, especially his using Achilles, the hero of the Trojan War, as his model. Finally, Cantor explores Alexander's view of himself in relation to the pagan gods of Greece and Egypt. The result is a psychological and cultural study of a great figure of the ancient world whose often puzzling personality had so much to do with his career.

The Age of Protest - Dissent and Rebellion in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover): Norman F. Cantor The Age of Protest - Dissent and Rebellion in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
Norman F. Cantor
R3,574 Discovery Miles 35 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book, first published in 1970, examines significant protest movements of the twentieth century and looks at the similarities and differences between the various dissents and rebellions. Beginning with the mood of weariness and dissatisfaction with the old regimes at the turn of the century, it discusses the emergence of protest as an ideal, a viable force for reform. From radical unionism, it traces the thread through bohemianism, international communism and anticolonialism in the twenties; fascism and Nazism and protest as a way of life up to 1945; the Afro-Asian and early civil rights movements of the fifties; and the agitating students and revolutionary movements of the sixties.

Church, Kingship, and Lay Investiture in England, 1089-1135 (Paperback): Norman F. Cantor Church, Kingship, and Lay Investiture in England, 1089-1135 (Paperback)
Norman F. Cantor
R697 Discovery Miles 6 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Church, Kingship, and Lay Investiture in England, 1089-1135 (Hardcover): Norman F. Cantor Church, Kingship, and Lay Investiture in England, 1089-1135 (Hardcover)
Norman F. Cantor
R988 Discovery Miles 9 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sacred Chain: A History of the Jews (Paperback): Norman F. Cantor Sacred Chain: A History of the Jews (Paperback)
Norman F. Cantor
R510 R455 Discovery Miles 4 550 Save R55 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An important, controversial account of the history of the Jewish people that is both scholarly and compulsively readable.

Medieval Lives - Eight Charismatic Men and Women of the Middle Ages (Paperback, HarperPerennial ed): Norman F. Cantor Medieval Lives - Eight Charismatic Men and Women of the Middle Ages (Paperback, HarperPerennial ed)
Norman F. Cantor
R407 R358 Discovery Miles 3 580 Save R49 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A fascinating look at life in the Middle Ages that focuses on eight extraordinary medieval men and women through realistically invented conversations between them and their counterparts.

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