The Middle Ages: Facts and Fictions
byWinston Black is professor and scholar of medieval history. He specializes in the history of science and medicine of the medieval world.
20190701
ABC-CLIO
Pages | 264 |
Topics | A Plague of Myths, Ring around the Rosie, and Plague Masks;The Fall of Rome Led to a Barbaric Age of Darkness;The Medieval Church Was Anti-Science;Medieval Europeans Hid in Terror from the Year 1000;Medieval Medicine Was Nothing but Superstition;Medieval People Believed the Earth was Flat |
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This book guides readers through ten pervasive fictions about medieval history, provides them with the sources and analytical tools to critique those fictions, and identifies what really happened in the Middle Ages.
• Provides an overview of a particular historical misconception and its corresponding truth• Presents primary source documents to help readers to see how the misconceptions developed and spread, and provide evidence for what we now believe to be the historical truth behind each fiction
• Suggests further reading and additional sources of information
• Fosters critical thinking skills and engages readers with the history of the Middle Ages
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Table of Contents
The Middle Ages: Facts and Fictions
Author(s): Black, Winston;Contributors: Black, Winston;Abstract:This book guides readers through ten pervasive fictions about medieval history, provides them with the sources and analytical tools to critique those fictions, and identifies what really happened in the Middle Ages.
• Provides an overview of a particular historical misconception and its corresponding truth• Presents primary source documents to help readers to see how the misconceptions developed and spread, and provide evidence for what we now believe to be the historical truth behind each fiction
• Suggests further reading and additional sources of information
• Fosters critical thinking skills and engages readers with the history of the Middle Ages
SortTitle: middle ages: facts and fictionsAuthor Info:Winston BlackauthorWinston Black is professor and scholar of medieval history. He specializes in the history of science and medicine of the medieval world.
eISBN-13: 9781440862328Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440862328.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440862311Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 264Publication Date: 20190701Series: Historical Facts and Fictions- Cover Cover11
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Preface vii8
- Introduction ix10
- Chapter 1: The Middle Ages Were the Dark Ages 116
- Chapter 2: Medieval People Thought the Earth Was Flat 2944
- Chapter 3: Peasants Never Bathed, and They Ate Rotten Meat 4964
- Chapter 4: People Were Terrified of the Year 1000 6984
- Chapter 5: Medieval Wars Were Fought by Knights on Horseback 89104
- Chapter 6: The Medieval Church Suppressed Science 111126
- What People Think Happened 111126
- How the Story Became Popular 112127
- Primary Documents: Tertullian, Prescription Against Heretics (ca. 200 CE) 116131
- Edward Gibbon on the Murder of Hypatia: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776–1788) 119134
- John William Draper, History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science (1875) 120135
- Andrew Dickson White, a History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896) 122137
- What Really Happened 124139
- Chapter 7: Thousands of Children Died on Crusade in the Year 1212 135150
- Chapter 8: There Was a Female Pope Named Joan 153168
- Chapter 9: Medieval Medicine Was Nothing but Superstition 169184
- Chapter 10: Medieval People Believed in Witches and Burned Them at the Stake 191206
- Chapter 11: The Black Death Led to Masked Plague Doctors and Ring around the Rosie 213228
- Bibliography 241256
- Index 243258
- About the Author 249264