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Contents Preface vii Introduction ix 1. The Middle Ages Were the Dark Ages 1 2. Medieval People Thought the Earth Was Flat 29 3. Peasants Never Bathed, and They Ate Rotten Meat 49 4. People Were Terrified of the Year 1000 69 5. Medieval Wars Were Fought by Knights on Horseback 89 6. The Medieval Church Suppressed Science 111 7. Thousands of Children Died on Crusade in the Year 1212 135 8. There Was a Female Pope Named Joan 153 9. Medieval Medicine Was Nothing but Superstition 169 10. Medieval People Believed in Witches and Burned Them at the Stake 191 11. The Black Death Led to Masked Plague Doctors and Ring around the Rosie 213 Bibliography 241 Index 243