Medieval Lives

Medieval Lives: Eight Charismatic Men and Women of the Middle Ages

A fascinating look at life in the Middle Ages that focuses on eight extraordinary medieval men and women through realistically invented conversations between them and their counterparts.

Contents:

• The Advent of the Middle Ages: Helena Augusta
• African Horizons: Augustine of Hippo
• Northerners: Alcuin of York
• Revolution: Humbert of Lorraine
• The Form of Woman: Hildegard of Bingen
• The Glory of it All: Eleanor of Aquitaine
• The Parting of the Ways: Robert Grosseteste
• The Winter of the Middle Ages: John Duke of Bedford
• Epilogue: Medieval People
• Select Bibliography
• Index

About the Author

Norman F. Cantor was Emeritus Professor of History, Sociology, and Comparative Literature at New York University. His many books include In the Wake of the Plague, Inventing the Middle Ages, and The Civilization of the Middle Ages, the most widely read narrative of the Middle Ages in the English language. He died in 2004.