What the Middle Ages were really like: British historian explains in new book “Powers and Thrones” | Free press

2023-11-01 08:00:00

Dan Jones fascinatingly illuminates a not-so-dark era. He covers a wide range of colours, writes richly in sources and avoids simple explanations.

The Middle Ages is alive: Films and fiction are full of fictional Middle Ages, the boom in markets with mead, bagpipe trios and the clash of swords shows no signs of slowing down. The “Vikings” series continues to provide reliable hairstyle ideas for men. And the prejudices about this time have also diminished, in which the world has no…

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