Скачать или смотреть Dr Ian Mortimer: ‘Medieval Horizons. Why the Middle Ages Matter’

From the murder of Thomas Becket to the Peasants’ Revolt and the Black Death, we sometimes think of the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time, characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. But we couldn’t be more wrong. Ian Mortimer shows how between 1000 and 1600 the medieval world was in fact a revolutionary age marking the transition between a warrior-led society and the Elizabethan Age.

Dr Ian Mortimer is best known as the Sunday Times-bestselling author of the four Time Traveller’s Guides - to Medieval England, Elizabethan England, Restoration Britain and Regency Britain - as well as four critically acclaimed medieval biographies, a prize-winning novel and several other titles. In total, his books have sold more than 1.4 million copies and been translated into sixteen languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. His work on the social history of medicine won the Alexander Prize in 2004 and was published by the Royal Historical Society in 2009. He has been described by The Times as 'the most remarkable medieval historian of our time'. He lives on the edge of Dartmoor, in Devon.