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Medieval
The Medieval period is subdivided into the Early (c. 476-1000), the High (c. 1001-1300), and the Late (c. 1301–1500) Middle Ages.
The Medieval period usually refers to Europe, but books set in Asia or North Africa within this time-frame may also be included as these areas were part of the interconnected Medieval world.
Medieval Europe offers the historical backdrop of the grandeur of medieval royalty contrasted with the stark struggle for survival of the common folk. Medieval historical fiction features, among others, conflicts between Christianity and the remnants of paganism, the open warfare ...more
The Medieval period usually refers to Europe, but books set in Asia or North Africa within this time-frame may also be included as these areas were part of the interconnected Medieval world.
Medieval Europe offers the historical backdrop of the grandeur of medieval royalty contrasted with the stark struggle for survival of the common folk. Medieval historical fiction features, among others, conflicts between Christianity and the remnants of paganism, the open warfare ...more
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The fantastic graces of Chivalry lay upon the surface of life, but beneath it was a half-savage population, fierce and animal, with little ruth or mercy.
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― Sir Nigel
― Sir Nigel

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W. H. Auden once suggested that to understand your own country you need to have lived in at least two others. One can say something similar for periods of time: to understand your own century you need to have come to terms with at least two others. The key to learning something about the past might be a ruin or an archive but the means whereby we may understand it is--and always will be--ourselves.
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― The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
― The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

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