Bernard's votes on the list Best Middle Ages Books

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1	A Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich 4.11 avg rating — 2,627 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin 3.92 avg rating — 2,920 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom by Tom Holland 3.85 avg rating — 4,552 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	The Age of the Cathedrals: Art and Society, 980-1420 by Georges Duby 4.08 avg rating — 571 ratings Bernard rated it 5 stars See Review	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 Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land by Thomas Asbridge (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 6,993 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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 Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000 by Chris Wickham 3.93 avg rating — 3,127 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman 4.05 avg rating — 44,062 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Byzantium: The Early Centuries by John Julius Norwich 4.35 avg rating — 1,906 ratings Bernard added it to on-shelf See Review	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	Byzantium: The Decline and Fall by John Julius Norwich 4.44 avg rating — 1,145 ratings Bernard added it to on-shelf See Review	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	Byzantium: The Apogee by John Julius Norwich 4.42 avg rating — 1,276 ratings Bernard added it to on-shelf See Review	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	Byzantine Style and Civilization by Steven Runciman really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Metropolen aan de Noordzee: geschiedenis van Nederland, 1100-1555 by Wim Blockmans 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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 Anglo-Saxons by James Campbell 4.05 avg rating — 638 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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 Normans in the South (1016-1130) by John Julius Norwich 4.33 avg rating — 320 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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 Kingdom in the Sun, 1130-1194 by John Julius Norwich 4.34 avg rating — 196 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel 4.42 avg rating — 1,593 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages by Norman Cohn 4.26 avg rating — 950 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 by David Levering Lewis 3.78 avg rating — 955 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Graven van Vlaanderen: Vlaamse vorsten in woord en beeld (862-1795) by Gerben Hellinga Jr 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	De Bourgondiërs: Aartsvaders van de Lage Landen by Bart Van Loo 4.31 avg rating — 5,969 ratings Bernard rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Frederick II: A Medieval Emperor by David Abulafia 3.88 avg rating — 199 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World by Justin Marozzi 3.89 avg rating — 957 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 26,441 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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 Making of the Middle Ages by Richard William Southern 4.01 avg rating — 932 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Graven van Holland: Middeleeuwse vorsten in woord en beeld (880-1580) by D.E.H. de Boer 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Hertogen van Gelre: Middeleeuwse vorsten in woord en beeld (1021-1581) by Gerben Hellinga Jr 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Mind of the Middle Ages: An Historical Survey by Frederick B. Artz 4.14 avg rating — 37 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Edward I (The English Monarchs Series) by Michael Prestwich 4.05 avg rating — 159 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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
29	Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral by Philip Ball 3.85 avg rating — 254 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Gelre: dynastie, land en identiteit in de late Middeleeuwen by Aart Noordzij really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages by François-Xavier Fauvelle 3.61 avg rating — 651 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Nobel streven: Het onwaarschijnlijke maar waargebeurde verhaal van ridder Jan van Brederode by Frits van Oostrom 4.29 avg rating — 340 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	A History of the Vikings by Gwyn Jones 3.85 avg rating — 1,096 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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
34	De Friezen: de vroegste geschiedenis van het Nederlandse kustgebied by Luit van der Tuuk 3.72 avg rating — 65 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford 4.06 avg rating — 83,578 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Masterpieces of Illumination: The World's Most Beautiful Illuminated Manuscripts from 400 to 1600 by Ingo F. Walther 4.52 avg rating — 119 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Moorish Spain by Richard Fletcher 3.79 avg rating — 466 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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 Sicilian Vespers: A History of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century by Steven Runciman 4.22 avg rating — 519 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Moor's Last Stand: How Seven Centuries of Muslim Rule in Spain Came to an End by Elizabeth Drayson 3.83 avg rating — 222 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Lost Capital of Byzantium: The History of Mistra and the Peloponnese by Steven Runciman 3.82 avg rating — 131 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Byzantine Art by David Talbot Rice 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Pre-Ottoman Turkey: A General Survey of the Material and Spiritual Culture and History, c.1071-1330 by Claude Cahen 4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History by Ibn Khaldun 4.30 avg rating — 4,838 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire by Robert G. Hoyland 3.93 avg rating — 714 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization by Lars Brownworth 4.12 avg rating — 5,437 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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 Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan, His Heirs and the Founding of Modern China by John Man 3.95 avg rating — 964 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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
47	The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History by Peter H. Wilson 3.75 avg rating — 1,355 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams 3.94 avg rating — 450 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Genghis Khan: Life, Death, and Resurrection by John Man 3.72 avg rating — 1,772 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain by Darío Fernández-Morera 3.83 avg rating — 716 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Æthelstan: The Making of England by Tom Holland 4.02 avg rating — 1,204 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West by Roger Crowley 4.26 avg rating — 7,172 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In by Hugh Kennedy 3.87 avg rating — 972 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie 3.99 avg rating — 2,032 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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 Waning of the Middle Ages by Johan Huizinga 4.03 avg rating — 4,330 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Eeuwen des onderscheids by Wim Blockmans 3.22 avg rating — 317 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	In the Shadow of the Sword: Global Empire and the Rise of a New Religion by Tom Holland 3.90 avg rating — 5,567 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus by Hugh Kennedy 3.92 avg rating — 157 ratings Bernard rated it 3 stars See Review	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	City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire by Roger Crowley 4.15 avg rating — 4,289 ratings Bernard rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 10,525 ratings Bernard rated it 2 stars See Review	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	Mongols, Huns and Vikings: Nomads at War by Hugh Kennedy 3.65 avg rating — 65 ratings Bernard rated it 2 stars See Review	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