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Sep 2021

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The surprisingly modern Middle Ages

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Dan Jones explores the similarities and differences between the medieval experience and our lives today

In what ways was the medieval era surprisingly modern? Dan Jones, whose latest book is Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages, reveals the similarities and differences between the medieval experience and our lives today.

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