Life in the Middle Ages

American Heritage Series

By: Richard Winston

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

Here, National Book Award winner Richard Winston explores life in the Middle Ages - from the fifth to the 15th centuries - beginning with the fall of the Roman Empire and ending with the dawn of the Renaissance. In both countryside and cities, from the peasants to the bourgeoisie to the nobility, no aspect of life in this era is left unexplored.

©2016 American Heritage (P)2017 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

great info clouded by narrative

great story. however the monotonous sonaral cadence of the reader's narrative almost made me stop listening after each sentence. I will not purchase another book read by this guy. none, regardless of the topic.

good narrative, but the narrator's voice is weird

good narrative, but the narrator's voice is weird

good narrative, but the narrator's voice is weird

the personal references

I loved the description of peasant living and the descriptions of life passed down from people actually living in the middle ages.

Interesting material

Reader is very hard to understand. Cadence and accent are difficult to follow and comprehend.

Romance Meets Reality in the Middle Ages

Certainly there is charm in the tales of medieval castles and chivalrous knights, but the middle ages were also brutal and stinky, full of disease and death. This book provides an interesting yet sobering view of what life was like during this period in European history.