How did it happen that France took a leading place among the European states of the Middle Ages? What happened in the lands collected by Charlemagne and crumbled into pieces after the fall of his dynasty? The time of the High Middle Ages, the emergence of the first universities and brutal wars, the flourishing of superstitions and the perfection of Gothic style, the arbitrariness of feudal lords and the birth of the bourgeoisie... Read a fascinating story about the events, rulers and lives of people of that time in this book, which has become a classic of historical literature.