Illustrated History of the Middle Ages

"The Suffering Middle Ages", a time of darkness and superstition, illuminated only by the light of the Inquisition's bonfires, - this myth has long been the standard for historical literature.
However, the Middle Ages were not only about wars, plagues, crusades,... and famine: it was during this period that more inventions were made in Europe than in the previous thousand years. A true revolution in education occurred: in the 14th and 15th centuries, universities were opened across Europe. Leonardo da Vinci, Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Rabelais, Chaucer - their genius was also nurtured by the Middle Ages.
The book by Konstantin Alekseevich Ivanov (1858-1919) - a historian and poet, director of the gymnasium in Tsarskoye Selo and teacher of the children of Nicholas II - will reveal to you the true Middle Ages. You will stroll through city streets, visit a castle and a monastery, browse in shops and workshops, peek into the homes of nobles and simple peasants, witness weddings, celebrations, and knightly tournaments - in a word, you will immerse yourself in the atmosphere of that distant and mysterious time.