A Short History of the Middle Ages

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.

Provides the most accessible scholarly survey of the full medieval period — Rosenwein's inclusion of Byzantine, Islamic, and Jewish history alongside Western European history in a manageable textbook format democratized access to medieval studies.