The Middle Ages: An Illustrated History (Oxford Illustrated History) 9780195103595, 0195103599

A brisk narrative of battles and plagues, monastic orders, heroic women, and knights-errant, barbaric tortures and tende

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The Middle Ages: An Illustrated History (Oxford Illustrated History)
9780195103595, 0195103599

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