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The Middle Ages

A Graphic History

by Eleanor Janega
Neil Max Emmanuel
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A unique, illustrated book that will change the way you see medieval history The Middle Ages: A Graphic Historybusts the myth of the 'Dark Ages', shedding light on the medieval period's present-day relevance in a unique illustrated style. This history takes us through the rise and fall of empires, papacies, caliphates and kingdoms; through the violence and death of the Crusades, Viking raids, the Hundred Years War and the Plague; to the curious practices of monks, martyrs and iconoclasts. We'll see how the foundations of the modern West were established, influencing our art, cultures, religious practices and ways of thinking. And we'll explore the lives of those seen as 'Other' - women, Jews, homosexuals, lepers, sex workers and heretics. Join historian Eleanor Janega and illustrator Neil Max Emmanuel on a romp across continents and kingdoms as we discover the Middle Ages to be a time of huge change, inquiry and development - not unlike our own.

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  • Release date

    June 3, 2021

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    • Kindle Book

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      • ISBN: 9781785785924

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781785785924
      • File size: 36990 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      July 1, 2021
      Coming to us from the Icon Books Graphic Guides series, this continues their tradition of combining scholarly expertise with reinforcing illustrations to create what is almost more an illustrated textbook than a comic. Dr. Janega, who readers might know from the blog Going Medieval, brings her expertise to bear, dispelling myths about the Dark Ages; spilling all the details about the rise and fall of cities, states, and empires; and introducing readers to an eclectic cast of characters from history (including some rather naughty saints). Importantly, the comic also addresses those often ignored or shunned in history--the collective Other--with sections on antisemitism, gender, and race. Black-and-white illustrations by Emmanuel, drawn in a mix of modern and medieval styles, add humor and useful context to the text. Full of gloriously bad jokes such as, "I said 'canon, ' not 'cannon'! Did you go all the way to China for that thing?" this comic offers an enjoyable, comedic entryway into understanding the Middle Ages.

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  • English

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