Magic is something unauthorised, an alternative perhaps, even a deliberate cultivation of dark, evil powers.

Relates the adventures of the Saxon knight Ivanhoe in 1194, the year of Richard the Lion-Hearted's return from the Third Crusade.

This book provides a comprehensive guide, with extracts in translation from the principal sources for our knowledge, accompanied by the most important interpretations by scholars through the ages, and new introductions by the present author ...

This novel of the Crusades, chivalry, and courtly love not only recreates history, but made history as well.

Presents the Anglo-Saxon period of English history from the fifth century up to the late eleventh century, covering such events as the spread of Christianity, the invasions of the Vikings, the composition of Beowulf, and the Battle of ...

This book has been reissued in a format for students and teachers of history, literature, theology and Anglo-Saxon studies.