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Title: Abandon all hope, ye who enter here
Review: If you are a scholar, classicist, or Christian, this book will disappoint you. Dr. Cantor's book presents much opinion, few facts, and no citations. Typographical errors abound in what is billed as a 'completely revised' edition of this work. These typos were distracting, but that they were coupled with a polemical, bombastic style that left me more often enraged than entranced, made reading almost unbearable. It is a shame that this book has so exalted a reputation and doubly that it is used in universities to teach history. I like my histories, especially when they attempt so broad a focus, to be balanced and source-based. If you are looking for a brief overview and chronology of the middle ages, you can probably find it here, but you would be better served seeking them elsewhere.
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