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This clear and comprehensive text covers the Middle Ages from the classical erato the late medieval period. John Riddle provides a cogent analysis of therulers wars and events_both natural and human_that defined the medieval era.Taking a broad geographical perspective Riddle includes northern and easternEurope Byzantium and the Islamic states. Each he convincingly shows offeredvalues and institutions that presaged modernity. In addition to a thoroughchronological narrative the text offers humanizing features to engagestudents. Each chapter opens with a themesetting vignette about daily life andintroduces students to key controversies and themes in historiography bydiscussing the work of a prominent medieval historian. Richly illustrated thislively engaging book will immerse readers in the medieval world an era thatshaped the foundation for the modern world. «
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