Winston Black's new book The Middle Ages: Facts and Fictions (ABC-CLIO, 2019) guides readers through 10 pervasive fictions about medieval history, provides them with the sources and analytical tools to critique those fictions, and identifies what really happened in the Middle Ages.

Aven McMaster and Mark Sundaram are historians and the hosts of the excellent podcast The Endless Knot.

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