Medieval lives : eight charismatic men and women of the Middle Ages /
Norman F. Cantor.
- 1st HarperPerennial ed.
- New York, NY: HarperPerennial, 1995, c1994.
- xviii, 188 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-188) and index.
The advent of the Middle Ages / Helena Augusta -- African horizons / Augustine of Hippo -- Northerners / Alcuin of York -- Revolution / Humbert of Lorraine -- The form of woman / Hildegard of Bingen -- The glory of it all / Eleanor of Aquitaine -- The parting of the ways / Robert Grosseteste -- The winter of the Middle Ages / John Duke of Bedford -- Epilogue : medieval people