Year 2 of 4-Year History Reading Cycle (121 books)

Year 2 500-1600 This is primarily a list of books for a homeschool teacher (or a homeschooled high school student) to read along with a 4-year history cycle as laid out in The Well-Trained Mind. Non-fiction works should be of significant literary quality and reveal life and thought in the time period.

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1	The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 3.53 avg rating — 238,261 ratings score: 1,091, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman 4.05 avg rating — 44,249 ratings score: 1,072, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 832,982 ratings score: 921, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Ivanhoe by Walter Scott 3.76 avg rating — 99,254 ratings score: 783, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir 4.12 avg rating — 73,018 ratings score: 643, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser 4.11 avg rating — 19,146 ratings score: 640, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser 3.99 avg rating — 17,490 ratings score: 620, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Isabella: She-Wolf of France, Queen of England by Alison Weir 3.77 avg rating — 7,911 ratings score: 568, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World by Robert Lacey 3.87 avg rating — 5,877 ratings score: 560, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Conquering Family (The Plantagenets, #1) by Thomas B. Costain 4.11 avg rating — 1,532 ratings score: 552, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 26,550 ratings score: 549, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir 4.03 avg rating — 32,810 ratings score: 534, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000 by Chris Wickham 3.93 avg rating — 3,143 ratings score: 527, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade by Susan Wise Bauer 4.11 avg rating — 5,238 ratings score: 496, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Divine Comedy I: Hell by Dante Alighieri 4.03 avg rating — 206,786 ratings score: 493, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) by Hilary Mantel 3.91 avg rating — 233,875 ratings score: 446, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London by Liza Picard 3.97 avg rating — 1,040 ratings score: 445, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 3.74 avg rating — 2,828,307 ratings score: 444, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Elizabeth I by Anne Somerset 4.16 avg rating — 7,075 ratings score: 443, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) by C.J. Sansom 4.07 avg rating — 61,742 ratings score: 442, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Life in a Medieval City by Frances Gies 3.84 avg rating — 3,902 ratings score: 432, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon 4.02 avg rating — 15,502 ratings score: 431, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	1066: The Year of the Conquest by David Howarth 4.07 avg rating — 4,596 ratings score: 414, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Story of England by Michael Wood 4.06 avg rating — 442 ratings score: 393, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	In Search of the Dark Ages by Michael Wood 4.01 avg rating — 2,089 ratings score: 392, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Art of War by Sun Tzu 3.94 avg rating — 573,749 ratings score: 378, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Aesop’s Fables by Aesop 4.05 avg rating — 129,790 ratings score: 370, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Beowulf by Unknown 3.50 avg rating — 348,420 ratings score: 366, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare 3.94 avg rating — 579,699 ratings score: 366, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt 3.88 avg rating — 10,855 ratings score: 364, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles by Margaret George (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 14,994 ratings score: 357, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Romance of Tristan and Iseult by Joseph Bédier 3.52 avg rating — 14,881 ratings score: 353, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings by Amy Kelly 3.94 avg rating — 973 ratings score: 342, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII 1547-1558 by Alison Weir 4.01 avg rating — 15,498 ratings score: 342, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede 3.83 avg rating — 4,912 ratings score: 325, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages by Hella S. Haasse 4.10 avg rating — 2,707 ratings score: 317, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Civilization of the Middle Ages by Norman F. Cantor 3.96 avg rating — 2,731 ratings score: 314, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Man on a Donkey: A Powerful Novel of England in the Reign of Henry VIII by H.F.M. Prescott 4.15 avg rating — 321 ratings score: 312, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	A Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich 4.11 avg rating — 2,636 ratings score: 305, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West by Roger Crowley 4.26 avg rating — 7,237 ratings score: 300, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts by Robert Bolt 3.89 avg rating — 14,949 ratings score: 299, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Henry VIII: The King and His Court by Alison Weir 4.10 avg rating — 14,651 ratings score: 284, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	An Army of Angels: A Novel of Joan of Arc by Pamela Marcantel 3.98 avg rating — 285 ratings score: 281, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli 3.84 avg rating — 384,033 ratings score: 253, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe by Norman Davies 3.88 avg rating — 3,384 ratings score: 248, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Lady in Medieval England 1000-1500 by Peter R. Coss 3.80 avg rating — 51 ratings score: 245, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages by Umberto Eco 3.97 avg rating — 1,537 ratings score: 245, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence by Tim Parks (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 1,429 ratings score: 236, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Shakespeare's Kings: The Great Plays and the History of England in the Middle Ages: 1337-1485 by John Julius Norwich 3.92 avg rating — 534 ratings score: 233, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Marking the Hours: English People and Their Prayers, 1240-1570 by Eamon Duffy 4.34 avg rating — 142 ratings score: 226, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Queen Emma and the Vikings: A History of Power, Love, and Greed in 11th-Century England by Harriet O'Brien 3.81 avg rating — 819 ratings score: 224, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan 3.80 avg rating — 4,497 ratings score: 222, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Paradise (The Divine Comedy, #3) by Dante Alighieri 3.96 avg rating — 21,884 ratings score: 219, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Divine Comedy II: Purgatory by Dante Alighieri 4.05 avg rating — 30,066 ratings score: 218, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Oxford Illustrated History of Tudor & Stuart Britain by John Morrill (Editor) 3.83 avg rating — 48 ratings score: 216, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Warrior Queens by Antonia Fraser 3.71 avg rating — 2,799 ratings score: 215, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Medieval Women by Eileen Power 3.94 avg rating — 517 ratings score: 212, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers by George MacDonald Fraser 4.01 avg rating — 781 ratings score: 195, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Bruce Trilogy: The Steps to the Empty Throne / The Path of the Hero King / The Price of the King's Peace (Robert the Bruce, #1-3) by Nigel Tranter 4.34 avg rating — 1,064 ratings score: 194, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Brother Cadfael's Herb Garden: An Illustrated Companion to Medieval Plants and Their Uses by Robin Whiteman 4.28 avg rating — 191 ratings score: 189, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Byzantium: The Decline and Fall by John Julius Norwich 4.44 avg rating — 1,150 ratings score: 181, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	A History of Venice by John Julius Norwich 4.16 avg rating — 2,146 ratings score: 178, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Reformation: A History by Diarmaid MacCulloch 4.07 avg rating — 3,557 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Normans in Sicily : The Magnificent Story of 'the Other Norman Conquest' by John Julius Norwich 4.33 avg rating — 350 ratings score: 173, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Europe and the Faith by Hilaire Belloc 4.14 avg rating — 276 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Memoirs of a Medieval Woman: The Life and Times of Margery Kempe by Louise Collis 3.71 avg rating — 282 ratings score: 166, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science by James Hannam (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 1,071 ratings score: 163, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time by John Kelly (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 11,712 ratings score: 162, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Last Divine Office: Henry VIII and the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Geoffrey Moorhouse 3.79 avg rating — 110 ratings score: 161, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization by Lars Brownworth 4.12 avg rating — 5,466 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village by Eamon Duffy 3.71 avg rating — 590 ratings score: 155, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Fires of Faith: Catholic England Under Mary Tudor by Eamon Duffy 3.89 avg rating — 224 ratings score: 153, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	A Concise History of the Crusades by Thomas F. Madden (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 432 ratings score: 152, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe 3.30 avg rating — 4,996 ratings score: 149, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Mary Tudor: The Spanish Tudor by H.F.M. Prescott 3.99 avg rating — 1,005 ratings score: 148, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The Nibelungenlied by Unknown 3.82 avg rating — 8,951 ratings score: 146, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 4,634 ratings score: 145, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	The Alexiad by Anna Comnena 4.07 avg rating — 1,315 ratings score: 138, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles 4.02 avg rating — 13,566 ratings score: 137, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Mary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley by Alison Weir 4.05 avg rating — 5,930 ratings score: 132, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Byzantium: The Apogee by John Julius Norwich 4.42 avg rating — 1,283 ratings score: 132, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The Treasure of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan 3.64 avg rating — 579 ratings score: 130, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Byzantium: The Early Centuries by John Julius Norwich 4.35 avg rating — 1,911 ratings score: 130, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Woman Defamed and Woman Defended: An Anthology of Medieval Texts by Alcuin Blamires (Editor) 3.96 avg rating — 91 ratings score: 127, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	The First Queen of England: The Myth of "Bloody Mary" by Linda Porter 4.04 avg rating — 3,432 ratings score: 125, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Night’s Dark Shade: A Novel of the Cathars by Elena Maria Vidal 3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 119, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580 by Eamon Duffy 4.26 avg rating — 1,272 ratings score: 119, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury by Edith Pargeter 3.97 avg rating — 1,329 ratings score: 111, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	The Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanore Myers Jewett 3.91 avg rating — 1,086 ratings score: 107, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Domesday: A Search for the Roots of England by Michael Wood 3.76 avg rating — 241 ratings score: 104, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	In Search of England: Journeys into the English Past by Michael Wood 4.02 avg rating — 184 ratings score: 101, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu 4.29 avg rating — 182,937 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation by Robert Bartlett 4.26 avg rating — 90 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Lepanto: With Explanatory Notes and Commentary by G.K. Chesterton 4.45 avg rating — 371 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Bosch by Walter Bosing 4.26 avg rating — 2,356 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	1215: The Year of Magna Carta by Danny Danziger 3.81 avg rating — 2,320 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	God's Battalions: The Case for the Crusades – Revealing the Truth of the Christian Crusades and Muslim Jihad by Rodney Stark 4.11 avg rating — 1,959 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present by Christopher I. Beckwith 3.59 avg rating — 817 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance by Paul Strathern 4.10 avg rating — 5,151 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare 3.71 avg rating — 219,817 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars