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Summary: excellent overview of the Middle Ages
Review: Arguably the best survey on the Middle Ages (my favorite time period). Bishop includes just the right amount of anecdotes and eyewitness accounts to keep the reader's interest. A terrific resource to have -- I've read my copy so many times, the pages are coming apart! A must for any history buff's library.
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Summary: excellent overview of the Middle Ages
Review: Arguably the best survey on the Middle Ages (my favorite time period). Bishop includes just the right amount of anecdotes and eyewitness accounts to keep the reader's interest. A terrific resource to have -- I've read my copy so many times, the pages are coming apart! A must for any history buff's library.
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Summary: Great Book!!!
Review: I was inspired to learn more about the middle ages from a fiction book I had read. I am very lucky to have found this book. In my opinion, it is a great survey of the middle ages, but more importantly, to those of us who are not historians, it reads more like a novel than a history text. Indeed very well written and a delight to read!
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Summary: Great Book!!!
Review: Morris Bishop's concise survey of medieval Europe covers nearly everthing of primary importance that may be found in the Middle Ages. Bishop's work is an introduction to the general themes of the Middle Ages, and will be a useful resource for beginners. One will discover an excellent representation of every day life in medieval times - the art of war and politics, thought and religion, are treated with uncanny precision. This book is better than most for its clarity and general grasp of the times.
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Summary: A great book
Review: The Middle Ages is a very good introduction to the period, and I thought it was a great book overall. In nearly every paragraph there's a little kernel of knowledge that caused me to go "Wow!". Bishop explains everything from medieval outhouses, the origin of the word "bank", the origin of European last names, to the average day for a monk. There is a lot missing (the Byzantine Empire and the Muslim empire are barely mentioned for example) but there is enough to keep a historical novice interested. I heartily recommend it.
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Summary: Reader-Friendly and Highly Informative
Review: This book combines thorough research and knowledge of subject with a fluid and clear writing style. Very informative and stimulating for both the scholar and the casual reader. I found it especially interesting how the author explained how customs and expressions in our language got their start in the culture of the middle ages. I'm sure I will reread this book. It was that good.
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Summary: Marvelous Medieval Miscellany!!
Review: This is unbeatable value! Whether you want to know more about the feudal system, monastic life, the merchant class, courtly love, the Crusades - social, political, military, cultural, church history, of both England and mainland Europe - it's all here. All delivered in easy, accessible language. As a teacher, I find this an indispensable reference source. As a student, always learning, it's a revelation for me. A must-have for any bookshelf.
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Summary: Marvelous Medieval Miscellany!!
Review: This is unbeatable value! Whether you want to know more about the feudal system, monastic life, the merchant class, courtly love, the Crusades - social, political, military, cultural, church history, of both England and mainland Europe - it's all here. All delivered in easy, accessible language. As a teacher, I find this an indispensable reference source. As a student, always learning, it's a revelation for me. A must-have for any bookshelf.
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