A new book by well-known historians of the Middle Ages, authors of bestsellers on the Middle Ages and enlightening lecturers Dmitry Antonov, Mikhail Maizuls, and Lyudmila Sukina about Russian Middle Ages and the worldview of its contemporaries.
The authors touch on many topics, including rare and little-known ones, and place them in a broad context. What did a medieval person think about earthly and heavenly power? How did they envision the structure of family and state, Heaven and Hell? What were their thoughts on the Church, sins, and sacraments? How did they understand time and history? And what role did invisible spirits, angels, and demons play in all of this?
The book contains over 140 illustrations, including rare archival images.
The culture of the Middle Ages is simultaneously far from modernity and very close to it. Many traditions, habits, and even phrases that have entered our daily lives originate from this era. The book is dedicated to the representations of man, society, and power, to time and history, the earthly and heavenly worlds, and to people, angels, and demons.
