This book was published in 1972 and remained in print until about 1993.

It has photographs and Brian Allen's excellent drawings, maps and diagrams. The Middle Ages are covered from coming of the Normans to the Battle of Bosworth. There are the usual exercises and teachers' notes.

The twenty chapters cover the Norman Settlement, Knights, Castles, Village and Town life, Monks and Friars, Houses, Entertainment, Crime & Punishment, Transport & Travel, Government, Schools & Learning, The Crusades, Battles, Wales & Scotland, Plague, the Hundred Years War and the Wars of the Roses.

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