This book guides readers through 10 pervasive fictions about medieval history, provides them with the sources and analytical tools to critique those fictions, and identifies what really happened in the Middle Ages. This book is the first to present fictions about the medieval world to serious students of history.
This book guides readers through 10 pervasive fictions about medieval history, provides them with the sources and analytical tools to critique those fictions, and identifies what really happened in the Middle Ages. This book is the first to present fictions about the medieval world to serious students of history.
Preface Introduction 1. The Middle Ages Were the Dark Ages 2. Medieval People Thought the Earth Was Flat 3. Peasants Never Bathed, and They Ate Rotten Meat 4. People Were Terrified of the Year 1000 5. Medieval Wars Were Fought by Knights on Horseback 6. The Medieval Church Suppressed Science 7. Thousands of Children Died on Crusade in the Year 1212 8. There Was a Female Pope Named Joan 9. Medieval Medicine Was Nothing but Superstition 10. Medieval People Believed in Witches and Burned Them at the Stake 11. The Black Death Led to Masked Plague Doctors and Ring around the Rosie Bibliography Index
Preface Introduction 1. The Middle Ages Were the Dark Ages 2. Medieval People Thought the Earth Was Flat 3. Peasants Never Bathed, and They Ate Rotten Meat 4. People Were Terrified of the Year 1000 5. Medieval Wars Were Fought by Knights on Horseback 6. The Medieval Church Suppressed Science 7. Thousands of Children Died on Crusade in the Year 1212 8. There Was a Female Pope Named Joan 9. Medieval Medicine Was Nothing but Superstition 10. Medieval People Believed in Witches and Burned Them at the Stake 11. The Black Death Led to Masked Plague Doctors and Ring around the Rosie Bibliography Index
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