Middle ages

By Judy Galens, Judson Knight

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Biography, Reference, Civilisation médiévale, Sources, Medieval, Biographies, Moyen Âge, Civilization, Medieval, World history: c 500 to C 1500, Histoire, Medieval Civilization, World history, Juvenile Nonfiction, History - General, Middle Ages, Social Sciences, World history: c 500 CE to c 1500, Histoire universelle, Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12), Reference works, Biography & Autobiography - General, Biography / Autobiography, History, Middle Ages, 500-1500, Historical - General

Description: Features nineteen full or excerpted documents written during the Middle Ages. Entries include excerpts from Augustine's Confessions and Dante's Inferno; Marco Polo's description of his travels in China; The Thousand and one nights; and Japan's "Seventeen-article constitution," written by Prince Shotoku Taishi. Each entry is accompanied by introductory and historical information to place the document in context as well as a document-specific glassary.