A story about how people lived in Europe in the Middle Ages and the contributions they made to civilization. A sample of the contents includes: castle days; troubadours and minstrels; page, squire and knight; lords and vassals; sports and pastimes; Medieval church; scribes; sermons in stone; towns and town life; merchants and craftsmen; guilds; from Medieval to modern times; serfs become freemen; first printed books; education spreads among the people; modern literatures begin. Illustrations of this time and its people abound throughout the text.