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Medieval History Books

Books selected for readers looking for medieval history books.

56 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 470+ tracked lists·175% reader overlap with Military Medieval Books

1. Powers and Thrones
Dan Jones
Fits this list for its focus on history and medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval Warfare
2. The History of the Medieval World
Susan Wise Bauer
Fits this list for its focus on history and medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval History
3. Medieval World
Jane Bingham
Fits this list for its focus on history and medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval History for Kids
4. Illustrated History of Knights and the Golden Age of Chivalry
Charles Phillips
Fits this list for its focus on history and medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval Warfare
5. Bloody Crowns
Michael Livingston
Fits this list for its focus on history and medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval Britain (1066-1485)
6. The Wolf Age
Tore Skeie, Alison McCullough
Fits this list for its focus on history and medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval Warfare
7. Oathbreakers
Matthew Gabriele, David M. Perry
Fits this list for its focus on medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval Warfare
8. Medieval Warfare Illustrated Atlas
Matthew Bennett MA FSA FRHistS, Kelly DeVries
Fits this list for its focus on medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval Warfare
9. The Middle Kingdoms
John Curless, Martyn Rady
Fits this list for its focus on history.
Shelf signal: Medieval History
10. Femina
Janina Ramirez, Janina Ramírez
Fits this list for its focus on history.
Shelf signal: Medieval History
11. The Story of the Middle Ages
Stephen Harding, Samuel B. Harding
Fits this list for its focus on history and medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval History
12. A Short History of the Middle Ages, Fifth Edition
Barbara H. Rosenwein
Fits this list for its focus on history and medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval Art History
13. The Templars
Michael Haag
Fits this list for its focus on history and medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval History
14. The Burgundians
Bart Van Loo, Nancy Forest-Flier
Fits this list for its focus on history.
Shelf signal: Western European History
15. The Crusades
Thomas Asbridge
Fits this list for its focus on history.
Shelf signal: Medieval Warfare
16. Life in a Medieval City
Frances Gies, Joseph Gies
Fits this list for its focus on history and medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval History
17. The Greatest Knight
Thomas Asbridge, Christopher Tester
Fits this list for its focus on medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval Britain (1066-1485)
18. Life in a Medieval Castle
Joseph Gies, Frances Gies
Fits this list for its focus on medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval History
19. Marriage and the Family in the Middle Ages
Frances Gies
Fits this list for its focus on medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval History
20. The Templars
Dan Jones
Included for strong christian alignment with this medieval history list.
Shelf signal: Medieval Warfare
21. A Distant Mirror
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman, Barbara W. Tuchman
Fits this list for its focus on history and medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval History
22. The History of the Knights Templars
Charles G. Addison
Fits this list for its focus on history.
Shelf signal: Medieval Warfare
23. The Two Swords of Christ
Raymond Ibrahim
Fits this list for its focus on history.
Shelf signal: Medieval Warfare
24. The Northern Crusades
Eric Christiansen
Fits this list for its focus on history and medieval.
Shelf signal: Medieval Warfare