Discussion of the differing conditions encountered by people in medieval Europe depending on whether they lived in the countryside or in various sized towns and cities.

Europe in the middle ages -- Landholders -- Life on a manor -- Peasant's year -- Village church -- Lives of the rich -- Hunting -- Food of the rich -- Monks and nuns -- Monk's day -- Scriptorium -- Pilgrimage -- Town life -- Markets and fairs -- Guilds -- Hanseatic league -- Famine and plague -- Peasants' uprisings -- Cities of Italy -- New books -- End of the middle ages.