Comments on: A Fresh Take on the Middle Ages http://dmorton.ca/blog/2009/06/a-fresh-take-on-the-middle-ages/ Ssh! The monks are working! Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:11:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: eMi http://dmorton.ca/blog/2009/06/a-fresh-take-on-the-middle-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-428 eMi Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:12:46 +0000 http://dmorton.ca/blog/?p=884#comment-428 <i>What a pity I don't have the discipline of your father either! But, I'll try to follow you. I love this site, not only the content of it, but also its layout. Wish the day had 30 hours! </i> .-= eMi´s last blog ..<a href="http://escuchoatentamente.blogspot.com/2010/04/pair-of-spanish-boots-for-jaume.html" rel="nofollow">A pair of Spanish Boots for Jaume</a> =-. What a pity I don’t have the discipline of your father either! But, I’ll try to follow you.

I love this site, not only the content of it, but also its layout. Wish the day had 30 hours!
.-= eMi´s last blog ..A pair of Spanish Boots for Jaume =-.

]]> By: Steven Till http://dmorton.ca/blog/2009/06/a-fresh-take-on-the-middle-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Steven Till Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:53:04 +0000 http://dmorton.ca/blog/?p=884#comment-295 That does answer my question. Thanks so much. I'm subscribing to your blog, so I can keep in touch. Glad to have found your site! That does answer my question. Thanks so much. I’m subscribing to your blog, so I can keep in touch. Glad to have found your site!

]]> By: David Morton http://dmorton.ca/blog/2009/06/a-fresh-take-on-the-middle-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-291 David Morton Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:39:28 +0000 http://dmorton.ca/blog/?p=884#comment-291 Hi Stephen. Thanks for the comment. <em>Mysteries of the Middle Ages </em>certainly isn't for academics, and I'm sure many pure historians would be critical of it. He is trying to popularize the history, but he is also writing from the perspective of an academic. The book is meant to explain the medieval era ... why people in the middle ages behaved the way they did, why they thought what they did. It may appear like an academic treatise with some of the obscure personalities, and concepts discussed, but his mission is to make medievalism clear to us. He is selling the Middle Ages. By the way, the book is also nice to look at, with great photos and marginal illuminations ... so it is more for the popular imagination from a visual point of view as well. Hope that answers your question! PS I checked out your blog. Very impressive, and sounds like we have a lot in common. Thanks for getting in touch! Hi Stephen. Thanks for the comment.

Mysteries of the Middle Ages certainly isn’t for academics, and I’m sure many pure historians would be critical of it. He is trying to popularize the history, but he is also writing from the perspective of an academic. The book is meant to explain the medieval era … why people in the middle ages behaved the way they did, why they thought what they did. It may appear like an academic treatise with some of the obscure personalities, and concepts discussed, but his mission is to make medievalism clear to us. He is selling the Middle Ages. By the way, the book is also nice to look at, with great photos and marginal illuminations … so it is more for the popular imagination from a visual point of view as well.

Hope that answers your question!

PS I checked out your blog. Very impressive, and sounds like we have a lot in common. Thanks for getting in touch!

]]> By: Steven Till http://dmorton.ca/blog/2009/06/a-fresh-take-on-the-middle-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Steven Till Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:33:58 +0000 http://dmorton.ca/blog/?p=884#comment-290 I've picked this book up a couple of times when in a bookstore, but haven't purchased it yet. Who would you say is the intended audience for the book? Is it more for academics, students, hobbyists, all three, etc.? Thanks for the review! I’ve picked this book up a couple of times when in a bookstore, but haven’t purchased it yet. Who would you say is the intended audience for the book? Is it more for academics, students, hobbyists, all three, etc.? Thanks for the review!

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