Medieval Europe

De: Chris Wickham

Narrado por: Derek Perkins

The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period - one not easily chronicled within a single volume. Yet distinguished historian Chris Wickham has taken up the challenge in this landmark book, and he succeeds in producing the most riveting account of medieval Europe in a generation.

Tracking the entire sweep of the Middle Ages across Europe, Wickham focuses on important changes century by century, including such pivotal crises and moments as the fall of the western Roman Empire, Charlemagne's reforms, the feudal revolution, the challenge of heresy, the destruction of the Byzantine Empire, the rebuilding of late medieval states, and the appalling devastation of the Black Death. He provides illuminating vignettes that underscore how shifting social, economic, and political circumstances affected individual lives and international events. Wickham offers both a new conception of Europe's medieval period and a provocative revision of exactly how and why the Middle Ages matter.

©2016 Chris Wickham (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Dense reading , but in a very good way.

this book is packed with information and many might say that it is "Dry reading", but really the author (who is a professor at Oxford University) is just trying to convey is vast array of knowledge on the period. I have listened/read his other book also "The Inheritance of Rome" and this is like a continuation of that volume. I look forward to reading anything more in the future by Professor Chris Wikham and would like to thank him also for writing this as well as his other book "The Inheritance of Rome" . These are both excellent books to listen to as well as just study/analyze.

Good but hard to follow

The book is informative and the narrator is pretty good. I just wish it was written in common language so us peasants could be able to follow and understand it better.

excellent content, wonderful narrator.

it's a wonderful listen. The bookworms with information. there's a lot to assimilate, but the narrator is smooth, clear, and completely engaging.

Amazing Historical Overview

Not a trained historian, merely an interested reader of history, this highly contextualized overview of a 1000yrs of history was thought provoking and informative. I can't recommend highly enough, if you're interested in medieval history this book is a must read to help understand the many complex developments that occur in this amazing period of European history.

Good overview that inspires more reading

great narration and book. very dense and great information. I found it hard to follow at times with a lot of dates being thrown out at once, I think this is more a product of the audio book medium than the fault of the author or book.