The Making of the Middle Ages (1967 Printing))
"The power of Southern's prose, the breadth of his imaginative vision, the controlled enthusiasm...there is no questioning the greatness of The Making of the Middle Ages" The Times Literary Supplement "He steps at once into the front rank of historians...This is the work of a man with a rare historical gift and the imagination to recreate the world of which he writes...One of the most exciting books of history to appear in recent years" The Economist--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.