Middle ages.
By: Judson Knight ; edited by Judy Galens.
Contributors: Galens, Judy, 1968-; U-X-L (Firm)
Series: U.X.L Middle Ages reference library; Middle Ages reference library (U-X-L (Firm))
Publisher: U.X.L
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: Middle Ages -- Juvenile literature; Middle Ages -- History -- Sources; World history -- Juvenile literature; Civilization, Medieval
Genres: Juvenile literature; Sources.; Juvenile literature.
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.
Notes: Related reference sources: Middle Ages : biographies; Middle Ages : almanac.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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