People from the late Middle Ages, who would otherwise remain unheard in any historical source, share their small fates. They write to the Pope, asking for assistance: it involves love and death, war and plague, condottieri and pirates, pilgrimages and witch rides. Arnold Esch has woven these pieces into a captivating book that takes us through all spheres: from heaven through the world to hell. From thousands of unpublished letters to the Pope, Arnold Esch has selected a collection for this volume, which connects to the true stories from the Middle Ages. However, this time the requests come not only from Central Europe but from all over Europe, from Portugal to Poland, from Scotland to Sicily. Nowhere else is the Middle Ages examined so closely, making it unusually vivid and lively.