Medieval Lives (Harperperennial)

A fascinating look at life in the Middle Ages that focuses on eight extraordinary medieval men and women through realistically invented conversations between them and their counterparts."Stimulating reading....A vivid exercise in narrative." "--Kirkus Reviews"
"A tour-de-force...I simply cannot imagine a more effective and compelling introduction to medieval civilization."--Arthur H. Williamson, California State University, Fresno

Norman F. Cantor was Emeritus Professor of History, Sociology, and Comparative Literature at New York University. His many books include In the Wake of the Plague, Inventing the Middle Ages, and The Civilization of the Middle Ages, the most widely read narrative of the Middle Ages in the English language. He died in 2004.