--- Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >>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.
>
Can you offer any good talks or documentaries? Reviews even? I don't have
time to spend on this topic to read something. I also don't quite understand
your viewpoint. Are you saying that catholocism didn't stifle "scientific"
advancement in the middle ages?
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