Famous Men of the Middle Ages Author:John H. Haaren, A. B. Poland 1904. Some of the prominent historical figures profiled in this volume include: Attila the Hun; Mohammed; Charles Martel and Pepin; Charlemagne; Alfred the Great, The Cid; Edward the Confessor; Peter the Hermit; Henry the Second and His Sons; Louis IX; Marco Polo; Edward the Black Prince; Henry V; Joan of Arc; Gutenberg; and Warwick the King-Maker.