Color illustrations accompany descriptions of clothing and accessories around the world during the Middle Ages, focusing on Europe and also covering China, Japan, Africa, and the Americas. Also includes time lines, maps, and a glossary.
An illustrated retelling of Geoffrey Chaucer's famous work in which a group of pilgrims in fourteenth-century England tell each other stories as they travel on a pilgrimage to the cathedral at Canterbury.
Features seven wonders of the Middle Ages including the Krak des Chevaliers in Syria, the Alhambra citadel in southern Spain, and the Aztec city of Tenochtitl?n.