MEDIEVAL WORLD: Volume 5

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Theme: Medieval Sicily
* Children of Normans' in Medieval Sicily: Blended in a Complex Land
* Sicilian Battleground: The Arabs and Byzantines Clash (827-902)
* Roger II of Sicily: A Self-made Medieval Monarch
* Medieval Coins of Sicily: Norman, Byzantine, and Islamic Models
* From Soil to Scaffold: Medieval Painted Ceilings in Sicily
* Sicily Through the Centuries: Destruction, Change, and Renewal

Features:
* The King at the Walls: The 1264 Battle of Northampton
* A Brief History of Heraldry: Why is it everywhere?
* The Colour of Chivalry: The Transformation of Maurice
* Eleanor of Aquitaine: Medieval Ruler, Rebel, and Renegade
* The Bombard and the Book: Cultural Impact of Gunpowder Artillery in 15th-century Naples
* The Best of Two Worlds: Medieval Sicily's Culinary History
* Barlaam and Josaphat: How Buddha Became a Christian Holy Man
* Crucible of Creativity: A Trip to Toulouse at the new Musee de Cluny