Weekend: Books: Inspiring window into the Middle Ages; Medieval Panorama. Edited by Robert Bartlett (Thames & Hudson. pounds 29.95). Reviewed by Richard Edmonds.(Features)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: December 8, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: Richard Edmonds

It is usual to define the Middle Ages as that period in European history which began with the collapse of the Roman Empire and ended with Martin Luther and the Reformation.

It was, in its heyday, the period of ``vassalage'' when young men would attach themselves to some great lord, eat at his table and fight his battles for him - something recognised by the Romans and developed by Shakespeare in Julius Caesar. Christianity was the drivi...

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