Medieval History For Dummies

Medieval History for Dummies includes:

Part I: The Early Middle Ages
Chapter 1: The Middle Ages: When, Where, What, Who?
Chapter 2: The end of Rome and the not so 'Dark Ages',
Chapter 3: Angles, Saxons and Feudalism,
Chapter 4: The Carolingians grab their chance,
Chapter 5: Charlemagne - A new empire is born,

Part II: The Making of Europe
Chapter 6: The (Holy Roman) Empire Strikes Back,
Chapter 7: East Meets West: Islam in the Western Mediterranean,
Chapter 8: The Vikings: A threat from the north,
Chapter 9: Schism: The Church splits itself in two,
Chapter 10: The Normans:  The 'real' Middle Ages begin,

Part III: 'Holy War': Crusading at home and abroad,
Chapter 11: Crusade: A call to arms,
Chapter 12: The First Crusade
Chapter 13: England vs France & Pope vs Emperor
Chapter 14: The Second Crusade & The 'Crusades at Home'
Chapter 15: Richard vs Saladin: The Third Crusade
Chapter 16: The later Crusades and other failures,

Part IV: Parliament, Priories, Provisions & Plague
Chapter 17:  John, Henry, Rudolf & Edward,
Chapter 18: Monks & Merchants: The new power brokers
Chapter 19: The Papacy on Tour: Avignon and the Anti-Popes
Chapter 20: 'God's Judgement?': The Black Death

Part V: The End of the Middle and the start of discovery,
Chapter 21: One Hundred Years of War
Chapter 22: The Peasants are Revolting
Chapter 23: Agincourt, Joan of Arc & the French recovery
Chapter 24: Columbus & The New World

Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 25: Ten Rubbish Kings
Chapter 26: Ten Curious Medieval Pastimes
Chapter 27: Ten Great Castles
Chapter 28: Ten People Who Changed The World
Chapter 29: Ten Great Books (To read next)