About the book: 2020 / HSE Professor Oleg Voskoboinikov will become your guide through the fascinating world of the Middle Ages and tell you how people who lived many centuries ago were different from us , and how they were similar, where they drew inspiration from, how they loved, how they built a hierarchy of power, how they fought. You will go to a medieval temple and learn how to find pieces of the Middle Ages in modern museums, you will be able to look at history from a new angle and find answers to many interesting questions.