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Title: Detailed but poorly written Medieval history
Review: There is no doubt that the author knows his stuff. He provides a thorough introduction to the major themes of the late Medieval/early Renaissance period. However, he has all the flair of a mortician and he systematically sucks the oxygen out of the subject. Furthermore, his writing style uses awkward sentence constructions that leave the reader stumbling through his prose, getting lost, bogged down and frustrated. As an avid historian, I now understand why some people have grown up hating the subject.
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