Complete with introductions full commentary glossary and a guide to further reading Medieval Worlds is a comprehensive sourcebook for the study of Western Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century. Drawing on a wide range of documents from chronicles legal state and church documents to biographies poems and letters from all over Europe the authors expertly illustrate to the reader the unity â and complexity â of the medieval world. Amongst many more central issues discussed include: the diverse world of monasteries the Papacy the Crusades women the roles of the town and countryside. Medieval Worlds presents the reader with a view of the medieval era as it was: one of immense diversity with openness to new ideas and outreach in areas from technology to natural philosophy. . Language: English