Finally, the idea that the Middle Ages were stagnant in any way shows a fundamental lack of understanding of history in general. Read a book.
Any suggestions?
If you know nothing about the middle ages and want a good, concise, readable introduction, I'd recommend Hollister's _Medieval Europe_. Very entertaining and even humorous at times. For a thorough but readable introduction to feudalism read Carl Stephenson's _Medieval Feudalism_ to see why I go off on this topic periodically. Finally, to support my argument in these last few posts, read _The Twelfth Century Rennaisance_ by Hollister (currently OOP) or any of the other books dealing with the subject by Benson (_Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century_), Haskins ( _The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century_), or Swanson (_The Twelfth-Century Renaissance_). I'd also reccommend picking up Hollister's sourcebook companion for _Medieval Europe_ but it may currently be OOP.
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