Europe in the Middle Ages

The history of Mediaeval Europe is so vast a subject that the attempt to deal with it in a small compass must entail either severe compression or what may appear at first sight reckless omission.The path of compression has been trodden many times, as in J. H. Robinson''s Introduction to the History of Western Europe, or in such series as the ''Periods of European History'' published by Messrs. Riv...