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The Middle Ages covers a long span of time and can be studied from many different angles. For this reason, the amount of information you find may seem overwhelming at first. In order to become more comfortable with the general themes and terms used when discussing it, you can review the book...

//**The Middle Ages: Church, State, Society in Medieval Europe**// by Alan Clifford.

(Clifford, Alan. //The Middle Ages: Church, State, Society in Medieval Europe.// St. Paul, MN: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1980.)

This book can be found under the call number 909.07 in our school library. You will not need to read this book cover-to-cover; rather, you will scan the table of contents, look at the chapter titles and headings, and read over the introduction. This book is a well-organized, general overview of the history of the Middle Ages. It is straightforward and will give you a broad understanding of the topic you will be studying.