The Middle Ages, Today

Published: Dec. 20, 2008, 12:30 p.m.

We may not realize it when we're eating mince pie,\ndecorating the tree, and singing carols, but a lot of our Christmas traditions come\nfrom the Medieval world. And so too does the modern world\u2014at least according to Thomas Cahill. We speak with him\nabout his book "Mysteries of the Middle Ages and the Beginning of the Modern\nWorld."

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