Coordinated by Umberto Eco, this third volume of The Middle Ages ?Castles, Merchants, and Poets? offers a summary of some of the most relevant issues in Europe during the 13th and 14th centuries in fields such as history, philosophy, literature, music, visual arts and sciences ?not to mention the political, economic and social frameworks? This work is divided into six main sections and it takes us through a comprehensive historical overview of what is usually considered the end of the Middle Ages.