5 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Barbara Rosenwein's concise textbook history of medieval Europe — widely used as an introductory university text — covering 300–1500 AD with clear narrative and attention to Byzantine, Islamic, and Jewish history alongside Western European.
American medieval historian at Loyola University Chicago who pioneered the history of emotions (emotional communities) and wrote A Short History of the Middle Ages — a widely used introductory textbook.
British medieval historian at Oxford who wrote Framing the Early Middle Ages, The Inheritance of Rome, and Medieval Europe — the leading authority on the economic and social history of early medieval Europe — who applies Marxist social history methodology to the transformation from Roman to medieval Europe.
British medieval historian who wrote The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England, biographies of medieval English kings (The Perfect King — Edward III, The Fears of Henry IV), and The Dying and the Doctors — known for making medieval England vivid and accessible to popular audiences.
Ian Mortimer's 2008 popular history of medieval England structured as a travel guide — presenting medieval life in the 14th century (diet, medicine, social hierarchy, clothing, religion) as if the reader were visiting — one of the most original and successful popular history formats of recent decades.