This publication is a textbook on the history of the Middle Ages” created in line with “anthropologically oriented history”. The authors proceed from the position that the unit of historical processes is man. Therefore, the center of the book is not socio-economic formations, states, nations, classes and estates, but the man of the Middle Ages. The explanation of historical events and structures - social, economic, political and spiritual - is based on the views, feelings, aspirations, values of the people of that era. Thus, any events appear as the result of people’s actions, the economy - as the result of their labor actions, religion - as the fruit of their beliefs, etc. Therefore, this textbook does not carry out the traditional division into the history of socio-economic relations, political history, history of spiritual culture, and all of them are considered as manifestations of a single process of formation and existence of Western European medieval civilization. The publication is accompanied by black-and-white and color illustrations, including maps. The textbook is intended for studying history in high school.