The Middle Ages : facts and fictions /

"This book is the first to present fictions about the medieval world to serious students of history. Instead of merely listing myths and stating they are wrong, this volume promotes critical historical analysis of those myths and how they came to be. Each of the ten chapters outlines a pervasiv...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Black, Winston E., 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2019]
Series:Historical facts and fictions.
Subjects:
Middle Ages.
Civilization, Medieval.
History > Errors, inventions, etc.
Moyen Âge.
Civilisation médiévale.
Histoire > Erreurs, inventions, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Middle Ages were the Dark Ages
  • Medieval people thought the Earth was flat
  • Peasants never bathed, and they ate rotten meat
  • People were terrified of the year 1000
  • Medieval wars were fought by knights on horseback
  • The medieval church suppressed science
  • Thousands of children died on Crusade in the year 1212
  • There was a female pope named Joan
  • Medieval medicine was nothing but superstition
  • Medieval people believed in witches and burned them at the stake
  • The Black Death led to masked plague doctors and Ring around the Rosie.

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