The History Hour

Middle Ages The History Hour

It was a confusing and disorganized time - a tug and push game between mighty kings, nobles, barons, knights and the impoverished serfs. The Early and later periods in the Middle Ages yielded knowledgeable philosophers, scholars, leaders and apologists of all persuasions - Justinian, Charlemagne, Saladin, Christianity and Islam was absorbed into the social structure of their adherents. Those were the highlights of this tumultuous period. This era began well with the Byzantine World, but ended badly - with a non-discriminating, impartial infliction called the Black Plague.

Inside you will read about...

Early Middle Ages Swapping the Old with the Old All the Lords and Ladies Bow Down to a Realm Divided! "Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down!" A Micro-Organism Wins the Last War

And much more!

This is the saga of the multi-lingual and multi-ethnic people who lived during the Middle Ages between 525 to 1353 AD. They struggled to turn widely disparate territories into two great Empires to be proud of.