R.C. Davis provided the classic account of the European medieval world; equipping generations of students with sufficient grasp of the period to debate diverse historical perspectives and reputations. In updating this classic work to a third edition, the additional author now enables students to see history in action; the diverse viewpoints and important research that has been undertaken since Davis' second edition, and progressed historical understanding. A key work updated in a method that both enhances subject understanding and sets important research in its wider context.  A vital resource, now up-to-date for generations of historians to come.