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    The Medieval World II: Society, Economy, and Culture
    The Medieval World II: Society, Economy, and Culture
    The Medieval World II: Society, Economy, and Culture
    Audiobook7 hours

    The Medieval World II: Society, Economy, and Culture

    Written by Thomas F. Madden

    Narrated by Thomas F. Madden

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    About this audiobook

    An award-winning, widely recognized expert on pre-modern history, Professor Thomas F. Madden concludes this two-part series on the medieval world. In this course, we will see the error of the commonly held assumption that the "Dark Ages" was a time of superstition, ignorance, and violence. Rather than a time of darkness, the Middle Ages saw extraordinary innovation, invention, and cultural vitality. It was the Middle Ages that gave us universities, vernacular literature, and the extraordinary beauty of Gothic architecture. To study the medieval world, then, is not only to study a time that has passed away. It is to study the birth of a new culture that would mature into the modern West. Whether we know it or not, the world we live in today is itself the product of the Middle Ages-not "Dark," but remarkably bright.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJul 24, 2009
    ISBN9781440753954
    The Medieval World II: Society, Economy, and Culture

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    • 5/5
      This recording, which makes history matter, was fascinating, well organized, and informative!
    • 5/5
      Great overview, very balanced, well-paced, presents fairly the perspective of the people who lived in those times rather than trying to force some modern ideology on them, showcases all the inventions we owe to the European Middle Ages (modern print characters, better cultivation techniques, universities, the idea that nature can be understood through reason, capital ventures…). This book is very successful at meeting its stated goal: it gives a great idea of what it was like to live between 500 and 1500 AD in Western Europe, whether a peasant, a warrior, a king, a child, a burger or a monk.
    • 2/5
      Unfortunately technical problems: every 10 min there are like 30-40 seconds of no sound

      Content is great