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Medieval Horizons
- Why the Middle Ages Matter
- Narrated by: Ian Mortimer
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark and backward time, characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. We believe that life was unchanging over the period, so if a peasant fell asleep in in the year 1000 and woke up six hundred years later, he would return to a world that was instantly recognisable. We hold that change is facilitated by science and technological innovation, and that it was the inventions of recent centuries, from the steam engine to the Internet, that created the modern world.
We couldn't be more wrong. As Ian Mortimer shows in this fascinating introduction to the Middle Ages, people's horizons—their knowledge, experience and understanding of the world—expanded dramatically. All aspects of life—politics and economics, religion and the arts—were utterly transformed between 1000 and 1600, in the process laying the foundations on which our modern lives rest.
If Ian Mortimer's bestselling Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England revealed what it was like to live in the fourteenth century, Medieval Horizons provides the perfect primer to the period as a whole. It looks at the Middle Ages through the prism of a small range of topics—ranging from warfare to religion, travel to architecture, inequality to a new sense of self—thereby correcting misconceptions and presenting the period as one of the most important eras in our past, about which any listener with an interest in history should care.
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- R. J. Browning
- 14-04-23
Fantastic!
A really enjoyable look into the medieval world and it’s relevance to the modern day. Full of lots of interesting detail & Mortimer is a great narrator too.
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- Wayne N.
- 16-01-24
Fantastic and relevant
I’ve read almost all the Ian Mortimer books and this is right up there. He’s a fantastic way of bringing the past to life and explaining how this is relevant to us now. Ian Narrating this was the icing on the cake. Can’t recommend this enough
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- J. Drew
- 09-07-23
Can’t fault this book
Fabulous narration with clear and interesting facts. Really enjoyed all the chapters and look forward to revisiting it.
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- Mr. T. M. Ashberry
- 13-06-23
Excellent stuff
It took me a while to get into the swing of it but, once I did, I was engrossed. Great stuff to get the brain working.
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- Peter John Waine
- 23-11-23
Ian-sightful
Prepare to have your perspectives re-examined by Ian’s superb and enlightening reframing of our cultural, societal and personal past.
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- M. Milligan
- 13-05-23
Concise and well read
Excellent listen, and very informative - I learned things I didn’t know, and found the author to be very engaging in his approach
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- David
- 27-09-23
History Made Real
Ian Mortimer wrote and read the entire book. Bringing the middle ages to life in an amazing way.
Well worth a read and listen
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- richard
- 09-11-23
Lovely experience
It occasionally happens that a history writer can rise above giving you dull facts with dates and focus on grand ideas that identify the specific period of time. This is one of these cases. Highly recommended!
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- Caroline
- 10-01-24
Brings the middle aged to life
Great book for anyone interested in history and how the modern society came about. Lots of interesting facts and does a brilliant job of explaining people of the middle ages didn't necessarily have the sort of views of the world that we completely take for granted (e.g. that war is a bad thing or viewing ourselves as individuals). So much to take in that I'll listen to it again.
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- Vonnie Morse
- 29-06-23
Marvelous Book
Makes me look at this period of history with new eyes. A special book if you want to try and understand the Medieval period a little better. A pleasure to listen to.
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