Everyone remembers the myths that people of the Middle Ages were in decline, mostly illiterate, and that hardly any books were created at that time. It’s time to back up the counterarguments with reliable facts. From this book you will learn:
— Did illiterate people of the Middle Ages really boast about their intellectual status?
— What books were brought to Medieval Europe from the East?
— Why is “The Bible of Saint Louis” the most illustrated Bible in the world?
— What was the name of the hybrid of a calendar and a prayer book?
This edition is accompanied by illustrations and includes a list of Medieval literature. To know what people read, how they lived, what they thought—means to touch a truly unique era that has remained in the centuries, yet has not been forgotten.