Contains over sixty primary source documents which provide an overview of the history of the Medieval and early modern world; and includes a map, a time line, marginal notes, suggestions for further reading, Web sites, and thematic and comprehensive indexes.
Primary source materials offer a detailed history of the European world from 400 to 1450, describing advances in agriculture, literature, art, military, government, and more.
Reproductions and commentary help recreate every aspect of medieval life, including information on religion, knighthood, hunting, arts, social relations, government, architecture, literature, and other related topics.
Orphaned by the brutal murder of their parents, Anne and her gentle but mute brother suffer great hardships as they travel across a dangerous, pestilence-ridden Europe to their uncle, an armorer and clockmaker, and, after his death, to a distant city to deliver the commissioned plans of his precious clock.
Contains hands-on projects, which can be made from commonly found items, designed to help students ages nine through twelve better understand the medieval world; and includes related trivia and side bars.
Pip the orphan and Perfect, the stone gargoyle, try to save the Brothers, the King, and their country as troops invade across the waterways of the Fens and a sickness falls upon almost all of the brothers of Wicket Monastery.
Pip, a boy who lives in a medieval abbey, befriends a stone gargoyle named Perfect and soon finds himself running for his life while trying to stop the assassination of the king.
