Cantor, Norman F.

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

0060925795 (pbk.)

93037051


Biography--Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Civilization, Medieval.
Middle Ages--History.

CT114 / .C36 1994

940.1092