Famous Men of the Middle Ages
Jump into the middle ages with this undeniably classic history text, Famous Men of the Middle Ages! Hear the story of the Middle Ages as told through the lives of Attila the Hun, Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Edward the Black Prince, and Joan of Arc – among others.
This book particularly guides students through the turbulent ‘dark age’ of history. It certainly illuminates how the world transitioned from the end of ancient times to the birth of the modern era.
This beautiful version of the book by John Haaren includes over 50 full-color paintings which were subsequently commissioned for the Memoria Press edition. The page numbers in our guide particularly correspond with this edition.
This book is scheduled for the child to read independently. The first two sections below are omitted within our plans.
Contents:
- Introduction
- The Gods of the Teutons
- The Niebelungs
- Alaric the Visigoth (394-410)
- Att ila the Hun (433-453)
- Genseric the Vandal (427-477)
- Theodoric the Ostrogoth (475-526)
- Benedict and Gregory (480-543; 590-604)
- Clovis (481-511)
- Justinian (527-565)
- Mohammed (570-632)
- Charles Martel and Pepin (714-768)
- Charlemagne (768-814)
- Harun-al-Rashid (786-809)
- Egbert the Saxon (802-837)
- Rollo the Viking (died 931 )
- Alfred the Great (871-901)
- Henry the Fowler (919-936)
- Canute the Great (particularly 1014-1035)
- The Cid (particularly 1040-1099)
- Edward the Confessor (particularly 1042-1066)
- William the Conqueror (particularly 1066-1087)
- Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV (particularly 1073-1085; 1056-1105)
- Peter the Hermit (particularly 1050-1115)
- Frederick Barbarossa (particularly 1152-1190)
- Henry the Second and his sons (particularly 1154-1216)
- Louis IX (particularly 1226-1270)
- St. Francis and St. Dominic (particularly 1182-1226; 1170-1221)
- Robert Bruce (particularly 1306-1329)
- Marco Polo (1254-1324)
- Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376)
- William Tell and Arnold von Winkelried (1300-1386)
- Tamerlane (1333-1405)
- Henry V (1413-1422)
- Joan of Arc (1412-1431)
- Gutenberg (1400-1468)
- Warwick the King-Maker (1428-1471)
- Glossary of People and Places
