The best books on the Renaissance include The Swerve, Brunelleschi’s Dome, Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson, The Medici by Paul Strathern, Lives of the Artists and The Prince.
The best books on the Knights Templar include The Templars by Dan Jones, The New Knighthood, The Trial of the Templars, The Knights Templar by Helen Nicholson, The Murdered Magicians and The Iron King.
The best books on the Crusades include The Crusades by Thomas Asbridge, God’s War, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, Crusaders by Dan Jones, A History of the Crusades and The First Crusade by Peter Frankopan.
The best books on the Byzantine Empire include Byzantium by Judith Herrin, A Short History of Byzantium, Lost to the West, The New Roman Empire, 1453 and The Alexiad.
The best books on the Vikings include The Children of Ash and Elm, The Sea Wolves, The Vikings by Neil Oliver, River Kings, The Sagas of Icelanders and Norse Mythology.
The best books on Ancient Greece include The Histories by Herodotus, Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War, Persian Fire, The Greeks by H.D.F. Kitto, Introducing the Ancient Greeks and The Odyssey.
The best books on Ancient Rome include SPQR, Rubicon, The Twelve Caesars, I, Claudius, Caesar: Life of a Colossus and The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
The best books on Ancient Egypt include The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt, Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs, The Woman Who Would Be King, The Complete Tutankhamun, Ramesses and The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt.
The best books on the Aztecs include Fifth Sun, Aztecs: An Interpretation, The Broken Spears, The Conquest of New Spain, When Montezuma Met Cortés and The Aztecs by Michael E. Smith.
The best books on the Trail of Tears include Trail of Tears by John Ehle, The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears, Jacksonland, Unworthy Republic, An American Betrayal and The Journal of Jesse Smoke.