The Story of the Middle Ages : 9781611048964

Take an exciting tour through a thousand years of history in Samuel Harding's The Story of the Middle Ages! This book brings the bold knights, brave explorers, and majestic castles of the Middle Ages to life through captivating stories and vivid detail.

Harding acts as the perfect guide to show you medieval life beyond just kings and battles. Learn what everyday people wore, ate, lived in, and did for fun in medieval times. Journey through market town and village, monastery and fortress. Meet colorful characters from fiendish Vikings to peasant children to powerful queens.

Through Harding's engaging stories, you'll witness minstrels and jousting, crusades from Europe to Jerusalem, and magnificent gothic cathedrals rising. Feel the tension as civilizations clash and cultures meld into new traditions. If you love heroic adventures, imaginative tales, and seeing history come alive, The Story of the Middle Ages brings a world from centuries past into exciting focus.