
''No better explanation of medievalism is available to the general reader.'' --Booklist A revised and expanded edition of Norman Cantor's splendidly detailed and lively history of the Middle Ages, containing more than 30 percent new material...

A comprehensive general history of the Middle Ages, centring on medieval culture and religion, rather than political history. While the first and last sections are almost entirely new, Cantor has retained the narrative flow in the rest of the book for this revised edition.

In 1963 Norman F. Cantor published his breakthrough narrative history of the Middle Ages. Here is a significant revision, update, and expansion of that work. The Civilization of the Middle Ages incorporates newer research and novel perspectives, especially on...

