Customer Reviews

The Humanistic Tradition, Book 2: Medieval Europe And The World Beyond

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This is a good book for someone mildly interested in history. Check facts though and don't believe everything you read out of this. If you are buying it for school purposes, it is extremely close to the 5th edition, so if you need a cheaper version, the 5th is almost identical. Good book overall, very educational and easy to read and understand. Great seller though, ships quick and everything was smooth.

The book arrived in a timely manner in great condition and I was satisfied with what I received.

This book is interessting! The pictures are very well done. The text is easy to read with enough details to inform without being hard to read and understand.

purchased for my class's at Brevard Community College...required...but had some interesting facts and unique pictures in it

When examined properly by a good author, the medieval period is an interesting and exciting phase of human history. This book is a horrid attempt at examining the period.

It is extremely boring and poorly written. The author uses phrases in it that you have to read five times to comprehend. Most of the book is filled with adjectives describing how something sounds or looks. Of course it is a good thing for authors to give the reader a vivid sense of what something looks like in person, or of the true meaning of poems or liturgical writings, etc. But most of her book is filled with descriptive adjectives rather than giving real information.

This book was used for a college introductory course to the Medieval world. I would NOT recommend it. There are so many wonderful books on this time period, that it is a shame to turn students away from further study of this topic (which it has done for every student in my class I have spoken with).