Was medieval England full of knights on horseback rescuing fainting damsels in distress? Were the Middle Ages mired in superstition and ignorance? Why does nobody ever mention King Louis the First and Last? And, of course, those key questions: which monks were forbidden the deli…
This book is bulging with fascinating facts about big bad Bill the Conqueror and his bully-boys who battled at Hastings, stormed around Europe and joined the crummy Crusades. Want to know: Why Norman knights slept with a dolly? Which pirate hung-up his eye-patch and became a sai…
by Le Goff, Jacques, Schmitt, Jean-Claude, Alessio, Franco, Bosáková, Lada
