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Books like Medieval Reader

Across Encyclopedias, Medieval, Middle East, and Europe — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Medieval Reader by Norman F. Cantor.

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Each title here shares meaningful common ground with Medieval Reader — in theme, mood, or literary style.

Knowledge Encyclopedia History! The World’s History As You’ve Never Seen It Before

Sam Atkinson

Themes: Encyclopedias • Medieval • Europe

Answer Book Fast Facts about Our World

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Themes: Encyclopedias • Medieval • Europe

Knowledge Encyclopedia: World History

Wonder House Books

Themes: Encyclopedias • Middle East • Reference

Where Dreams May Come (2 Vol. Set) Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World

Gil Renberg

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

The Holy Land An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700 — Jerome Murphy-O’Connor

Jerome Murphy-O'Connor

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

Crusader Castles

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Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition A Compendium of Knowledge from the Classical Islamic World

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Themes: Encyclopedias • Middle East • Reference

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature

Julie Scott Meisami

Themes: Encyclopedias • Middle East • Reference

Damascus After the Muslim Conquest Text and Image in Early Islam

Nancy A. Khalek

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

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The Mongol Storm Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

Nicholas Morton

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

#11

Crusaders The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands

Dan Jones

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

#12

The Tragedy of the Templars The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States

Michael Haag

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

#13

The Cairo Genizah and the Age of Discovery in Egypt The History and Provenance of a Jewish Archive

Rebecca J. W. Jefferson

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

#14

Great State China and the World

Timothy Brook

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

#15

The Crusade of 1456 Texts and Documentation in Translation

James D. Mixson

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

#16

In the Light of Medieval Spain Islam, the West, and the Relevance of the Past

S. Doubleday

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

#17

Saladin The Triumph of the Sunni Revival

A. R. Azzam

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

#18

Trauma and Recovery in Early North African Christianity

Scott D. Harrower

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

#19

The First Crusade The Call from the East

Peter Frankopan

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

#20

The Macedonian Question and the Macedonians A History

Alexis Heraclides

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

#21

The Immortal Emperor The Life and Legend of Constantine Palaiologos, Last Emperor of the Romans

Donald M. Nicol

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

#22

The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin

Jonathan Phillips

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

#23

Jerusalem Falls Seven Centuries of War and Peace

John D. Hosler

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

#24

The Amorites and the Bronze Age Near East The Making of a Regional Identity

Aaron A. Burke

Themes: Medieval • Middle East • Europe

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Encyclopedias, Medieval, Middle East — the same threads that run through Medieval Reader by Norman F. Cantor. Among the authors featured: Sam Atkinson, National Geographic, Wonder House Books, Gil Renberg, and others.