A New History of the Middle Ages with Dan Jones
Dan Snow's History Hit
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What's the Big Story of the Middle Ages?
The author of a new book about the middle ages. Climate, mass migration and pandemic disease are key themes in his work. He argues that climate change can be seen as an important reflection on our own times. The rise of monasticism gives rise to greater wealth in western society. And within their first thousand years you start to see climate conditions improving once more.
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