A survey of the Middle Ages, from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in A.D. 476 until the voyages of discovery and conquest in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; looking at the movements of peoples, advances in technology and learning, religious life, knights and warfare, entertainment, and other topics.

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The fall of the Western Empire -- The Germanic Kingdoms -- The spread of Christianity -- The Islamic world -- The Byzantine Empire -- charlemagne and the Frankish Kingdoms -- Life in the country -- The invasions of the 9th and 10th centuries -- Europe in the year 1000 -- The religious life -- The Crusades -- The black death : medicine and science -- The birth of Russia -- The German Empire and the papacy -- The feudal kingdoms of France and England -- The growth of towns -- Medieval architecture -- Italian city states -- Merchants and bankers -- The Mongol Empire -- The Reconquista -- The Hundred Years War -- Knights and warfare -- Music and entertainment -- The rest of the world -- Europe sets sail.