Beacon Lights of History, Vol. V: The Middle Ages (in 15 Volumes)

First published posthumously in 1902, this collection of the lectures of American historian JOHN LORD (1810-1894) is a charming rummage through 6,000 years of European and American history, exploring the past from "the old pagan civilizations" to modern leaders and cultures on both sides of the Atlantic. This replica edition features all the original illustrations, hard to come by in other recent versions. It will delight both readers of history and lovers of beautiful, classic books. Volume V: "The Middle Ages" covers: - Mohammed and the "Saracenic conquests" - Charlemagne and the revival of Western Empire - the papal empire - monastic institutions - mediaeval theology - Thomas Aquinas and the Scholastic philosophy - the feudal system - the Crusades - dawn of the Reformation - and more