The Portable Medieval Reader (Portable Library)

The Portable Medieval Reader is a comprehensive anthology that brings together an array of authentic voices from the Middle Ages, offering a vivid and intimate glimpse into a world that may seem alien to modern readers.

This remarkable collection includes accounts of monastic life, knightly codes, peasant labor, royal privileges, persecution of Jews and heretics, Crusades in the Holy Land, courtly pageants, popular uprisings, and trade missions to Cathay.

The book features works by renowned authors such as Chaucer, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Saint Francis of Assisi, Thomas Aquinas, and Abelard, alongside lesser-known writers, covering all aspects of medieval society and culture.

With its broad and eminently readable cross section of source history and literature, this anthology is a must-have for anyone interested in exploring the richness and complexity of the Middle Ages.