The Middle Ages exists to let people who may not have had the opportunity to get a solid grounding in medieval history because it isn’t widely taught. The book itself is set up to mimic the author’s first-year Middle Ages survey courses. It covers the thousand plus years of the medieval period, beginning with an introduction to what the era is – a time between the ancient period and our own modern world – and showing what the major social, political, and theological movements that define it are.
It covers, among other themes: the theoretical “fall” of the…
