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"Medieval Panorama covers every aspect of medieval life: religion - the single most dominant force of the whole period - and medieval man's extraordinary preoccupation with guilt, redemption and the fate of the soul; the political structure and the lifestyle of the ruling class - knighthood and chivalry, feasting and hunting, ceremony and the ruthless exercise of power; the immense wealth of medieval art, with spectacular illustrations of architecture, manuscript illumination, sculpture, and stained glass; the lives, emotions and beliefs of ordinary people, including their experience of social relations, work, sex, and death; the inner world of medieval man - alchemy, magic and witchcraft, astronomy, courtly love, and Arthurian romance; the fascinating and unfamiliar world outside Christendom, and how it interacted with and influenced medieval Europe." "This book also includes biographies of key personalities, from Charlemagne to Wycliffe, timelines, maps, glossary, gazetteer, and bibliography."