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'Famous Men of the Middle Ages is necessarily selective since it attempts to cover a time period from the 4th through the 15th centuries. It begins with an introduction that covers some background on Teutonic mythology--possibly in keeping with the inclusion of mythology in theRome and Greece books. Among key characters from history are Alaric the Visigoth, Attila the Hun, Genseric the Vandal, Theodoric the Ostrogoth, Clovis, Justinian, Mohammed, Charles Martel, Pepin, Charlemagne, Harun-al-Raschid, Egbert the Saxon, Rollo the Viking, Alfred the Great, Henry the Fowler, Canute the Great, The Cid, Edward the Confessor, William the Conquerer, Peter the Hermit, Fredercik Barbarosa, Henry II and his sons, Louis IX, Robert Bruce, Marco Polo, Edward the Black Prince, William Tell, Arnold von Winkelried, Tamerlane, Henry V, Joan of Arc, Gutenberg, and Warwick the King-Maker.'