History of the Middle Ages

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i have a new book coming out, the bright ages, that is a history of the middle ages. It touches on both legitimacy and problems with the ongoing effort to try to correct bad narratives of the middle Ages. The herbivon book can find on amazon as aa kindle book or a print on demand book,. You cannot tell that this book is a hundred and 20 years out of date. And even good ones like barbara tuckman's a distant mirror is really just fourteenth century england. If anybody wants to skip tha bookit will be good to know what lock it was. Letsary think about it.

David Perry is a freelance journalist covering politics, history, education, and disability rights. He was a professor of Medieval History at Dominican University from 2006-2017, and now works as an academic advisor in the history department of the University of Minnesota. His scholarly work focuses on Venice, the Crusades, and the Mediterranean World. Numerous topics covered include: Reasons to study history; how historical figures and institutions claimed legitimacy; calling an Age "Dark" or "Golden" in order to get legitimacy; patronage of the arts to prop up legitimacy; fake innovation and fake continuity; bastardy; parrots and coconuts in medieval Europe; and more! David Perry website David Perry Patreon "The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe" by Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry