Heroes and Marvels of the Middle Ages

by Jacques Le Goff

Heroes and Marvels of the Middle Ages is a history like no other: it is a history of the imagination, presented between two celebrated groups of the period. One group consists of heroes: Charlemagne, El Cid, King Arthur, Orlando, Pope Joan, Melusine, Merlin the Wizard, and also the fox and the unicorn. The other is the miraculous, represented here by three forms of power that dominated medieval society: the cathedral, the castle, and the cloister...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789142121
• ISBN13: 9781789142129
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.5"