The Story of the Middle Ages


Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)

(4.6 étoiles; 176 critiques)

Intended for a youthful audience, The Story of the Middle Ages, published in 1906, tells the history of the Middle Ages in simple and entertaining fashion, and helps to explain the influence of the Middle Ages on modern times. Topics covered include the rise of the Christian church, Feudalism, Charlemagne, the Crusades, the Hundred Years' War, and the daily life of peasant, noble, and clergy. (Summary by Kara) (5 hr 31 min)

Chapitres

00 - Introduction 5:32 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
01 - The Ancient Germans 14:48 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
02 - Breaking the Frontier 12:14 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
03 - The Wanderings of the West-Goths 11:25 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
04 - The End of the Western Empire 22:47 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
05 - The Growth of the Christian Church 15:22 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
06 - The Rise of the Franks 20:45 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
07 - Franks and Mohammedans 14:40 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
08 - Charlemagne 20:35 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
09 - The Growth of Feudalism 12:25 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
10 - The Deeds of the Northmen 17:07 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
11 - The First Crusade 21:42 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
12 - Later Crusades 14:52 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
13 - Life of the Castle 18:45 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
14 - Life of the Village and Town 28:05 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
15 - Life of the Monastery 16:41 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
16 - Papacy and Empire 19:07 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
17 - The Hundred Years' War 25:07 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
18 - End of the Middle Ages 19:24 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)

Critiques

Easy Listening and Teaching


(5 étoiles)

US-American view on European history of the middle ages being particularly interesting for me as an European. Read with a highly relaxing and pleasant voice.

I live these books


(5 étoiles)

Kara reads these and other history books so well, that the information is more like a story.

Enjoyed it!


(5 étoiles)

Thank you for this reading!

Shashwati


(5 étoiles)

Great book and a very good reading ! thanks !

OK story


(3.5 étoiles)

good descriptions and very educational

thank u LibriVox


(4.5 étoiles)

I loved listening to this several times. Kara reads it excellently like a middle grade teacher of my past. Good selections of History in LibriVox and my devices r full of them. Oh to have had this in my day! Better late than never though. LibriVox I love U ❤️!


(5 étoiles)

A very interesting story very calming voice! I deal Very interesting story about the Medieval ages! I am blind in one eye so cannot read books like I used to love too! Love anything with ancient history and history etc..so relaxing before going to bed! Thankyou Helen Harvey Australiaxx🙂🙏🙏❤⚘


(5 étoiles)

Informative and interesting. I think I understand the middle ages better than before :) planning on listening again with my students.