Medieval Scene An Informal Introduction to the Middle Ages

Vivid, eminently readable account by one of the foremost historians of the medieval period provides fascinating insights into the Church's role in village life, the development of towns and use of fields, the growth of chivalry and evolution of knighthood, monasticism, trade, and growth of craft guilds, travel, scholasticism and free-thought, law and politics, the church and the economic world, and much more. ". . . admirable and entirely trustworthy."-Saturday Review. Excellent introduction to the period for students and anyone intrigued by medieval life and culture.Coulton, George Gordon is the author of 'Medieval Scene An Informal Introduction to the Middle Ages' with ISBN 9780486409634 and ISBN 0486409635.