Medieval horizons

Ian Mortimer

We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe progress is the consequence of science and technological innovation, and that it was the inventions of recent centuries which created the modern world. We couldn't be more wrong. As Ian Mortimer shows in this fascinating introduction to the Middle Ages, people's horizons - their knowledge, experience and understanding of the world - expanded dramatically. All aspects of life were utterly transformed between 1000 and 1600, marking the transition from a warrior-led society to that of Shakespeare.

Author(s): Mortimer, Ian
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 22/02/2024
Pagination: 256 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Vintage
Published By: Vintage
Book Classification: "European history: medieval period, middle ages"|Social & cultural history|Historiography
Dimensions: 198x129x16
Weight: 196
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781529920802