The new book by an unsurpassed expert and researcher of the culture of Western Europe continues to acquaint the reader with the most interesting details of medieval European life. Jacques Le Goff explores the very medieval idea of life, its heroes - knights without fear or reproach or noble robbers; about the places with which we associate the idea of the Middle Ages - a fortified castle or a cathedral; about fantastic creatures reflected in the gloomy and alluring world of ancient legends.