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A major new reinterpretation of the religious superstate that defined both Europe and Christianity, by one of our foremost medieval historians
In the fourth century ...
An exhilarating exploration of the medium through which almost everyone has interacted with scripture, by the author of the bestselling A History of the Bible ...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This ...
A comprehensive biography of the Treatise of the Three Impostors, a controversial nonexistent medieval book.
Like a lot of good stories, this one begins with ...
What was the world like, and what was going on in it, around the time of Jesus' death? This study examines this very question, and ...
As the Cold War faded into history, it appeared to have been replaced by a new conflict - between Islam and the West. Or so we ...
The most comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of one of the most important religious orders in the modern world.
Since its founding by Ignatius of Loyola ...
A revelatory account of early Islam's great diversity by the world's leading scholar of early Qur'anic manuscripts
According to Muslim dogma, the ...
The authoritative new account of the Bible's origins, illuminating the 1,600-year tradition that shaped the Christian and Jewish holy books as millions know ...
A major new biography of Huldrych Zwingli-the warrior preacher who shaped the early Reformation
Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531) was the most significant early reformer after Martin ...
Conspiracy, intrigue and faction fighting as the future of Europe hangs in the balance: Mary Hollingsworth tells the story of the papal conclave in 1559 ...
For half a millennium, throughout almost the entire medieval period, the Catholic church sanctioned military campaigns against what it perceived as its enemies. The rise ...
There has never been a more important time for a study of the social, economic and political origins of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, three important ...
Longlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing
'A tragic portrait of a disappearing world, created with passion and literary grace' SALMAN RUSHDIE
'Janine ...
On fire for God-a sweeping history of puritanism in England and America
Begun in the mid-sixteenth century by Protestant nonconformists keen to reform England's ...