Medieval Horizons, 9781529920802
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The Middle Ages: Not dark, but revolutionary, shaping our modern world.
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Medieval Horizons

why the middle ages matter

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    256 pages

  • Release Date

    10 June 2024

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Summary

Medieval Horizons: A Revolutionary Era

An essential introduction to the Middle Ages, revealing the period as a transformative era that shaped the Western world.

We often perceive the Middle Ages as a dark and stagnant period defined by violence, ignorance, and superstition. We believe that progress is solely the result of science and technology, crediting recent inventions with creating the modern world.

However, as Ian Mortimer demonstrates in this fascinating intro…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529920802
ISBN-10:1529920809
Author:Ian Mortimer
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:10 June 2024
Weight:196g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 16mm
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Critics Review

An account of a profoundly misunderstood period, which shows that the Middle Ages were not marked by violence and superstition. Instead, huge steps in social and economic progress were made, and the foundations of the modern world were laid * The Economist *This enlightening account shows there was more to the period than plague, superstition and violence * Economist, Books of the Year *

About The Author

Ian Mortimer

Dr Ian Mortimer is the Sunday Times-bestselling author of the Time Traveller’s Guides to Medieval England, Elizabethan England, Restoration Britain and Regency Britain, as well as four critically acclaimed medieval biographies. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1998. His work on the social history of medicine won the Alexander Prize in 2004 and was published by the Royal Historical Society in 2009. He lives with his wife and three children in Moretonhampstead, on the edge of Dartmoor.

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