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Author
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
[1968]
Language
English
Description
A six-hundred-year history of medieval Europe, covering the spread of Christianity to barbaric tribes; the rise of parliamentary government and the stabilization of nation states; the development of court and jury justice; the revival and expansion of trade; the growth of towns, feudal life, and education; and the new trends in art and architecture.
8) Medieval wisdom for modern Christians: finding authentic faith in a forgotten age with C.S. Lewis
Author
Publisher
Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Many Christians today tend to view the story of medieval faith as a cautionary tale. Too often, they dismiss the Middle Ages as a period of corruption and decay in the church. They seem to assume that the church apostatized from true Christianity after it gained cultural influence in the time of Constantine, and the faith was only later recovered by the sixteenth-century Reformers or even the eighteenth-century revivalists. As a result, the riches...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Eight portraits of medieval men and women brought to life through imagined conversations with their contemporaries in the fifth to fifteenth centuries. Includes Helena Augusta, Augustine of Hippo, Alcuin of York, Humbert of Lorraine, Hildegard of Bingen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Robert Grosseteste, and John Duke of Bedford.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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The crippled son of a powerful nobleman in fourteenth-century England sets out to prove his courage and his right to be recognized by the King.
In England during the Middle Ages, a courageous young boy who suddenly loses the use of his legs is forced to learn how to deal with his new disability.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie use the magic treehouse to travel back to the Middle Ages, where they explore a castle and are helped by a mysterious knight.
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
©2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Provides the basic tenents of early Christianity, explains its spread across Europe, and discusses the role of religion, superstition, and science in the daily lives of those who lived in the Middle Ages.
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the roles and duties of women and girls of all social classes during the Middle Ages, looking at such areas as medieval dress and beauty, women's rights, and women of power in Europe and other lands.