Price: $24.99
(as of Sep 01, 2024 09:05:11 UTC – Details)
A unique, illustrated book that will change the way you see medieval history
The Middle Ages: A Graphic Historybusts the myth of the ‘Dark Ages’, shedding light on the medieval period’s present-day relevance in a unique illustrated style.
This history takes us through the rise and fall of empires, papacies, caliphates and kingdoms; through the violence and death of the Crusades, Viking raids, the Hundred Years War and the Plague; to the curious practices of monks, martyrs and iconoclasts. We’ll see how the foundations of the modern West were established, influencing our art, cultures, religious practices and ways of thinking. And we’ll explore the lives of those seen as ‘Other’ – women, Jews, homosexuals, lepers, sex workers and heretics.
Join historian Eleanor Janega and illustrator Neil Max Emmanuel on a romp across continents and kingdoms as we discover the Middle Ages to be a time of huge change, inquiry and development – not unlike our own.
From the Publisher
A unique, illustrated book that will change the way you see medieval history:
The Middle Ages: A Graphic History busts the myth of the ‘Dark Ages’, shedding light on the medieval period’s present-day relevance in a unique illustrated style.
This history takes us through the rise and fall of empires, papacies, caliphates and kingdoms; through the violence and death of the Crusades, Viking raids, the Hundred Years War and the Plague; to the curious practices of monks, martyrs and iconoclasts. We’ll see how the foundations of the modern West were established, influencing our art, cultures, religious practices and ways of thinking. And we’ll explore the lives of those seen as ‘Other’ – women, Jews, homosexuals, lepers, sex workers and heretics.
Join historian Eleanor Janega and illustrator Neil Max Emmanuel on a romp across continents and kingdoms as we discover the Middle Ages to be a time of huge change, inquiry and development – not unlike our own.
Meet the author of The Middle Ages, Dr Eleanor Janega
Eleanor is a medieval historian specialising in social history. She is a lecturer at London School of Economics, hosts the ‘Going Medieval’ series on History Hit TV and runs a popular blog of the same name on intersections between medieval history and pop culture.
Meet the illustrator of The Middle Ages, Neil Max Emmanuel
Neil is an illustrator who worked for 10 years on the TV show Time Team. He illustrated a children’s book, History Hunters: Saxon Gold, and is currently making medieval art for a historical computer game.
Publisher : Icon Books (June 3, 2021)
Language : English
Paperback : 176 pages
ISBN-10 : 1785785915
ISBN-13 : 978-1785785917
Reading age : 18 years and up
Lexile measure : 1140L
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 7.09 x 0.4 x 10.04 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book entertaining, fun, and full of personality. They appreciate the historiographic notes and charming illustrations. Readers also mention the book is easy to follow and a fun read with interesting detail.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
