Everyday Life in Medieval England

2001-01-01 History

Author : Christopher Dyer
Release : 2001-01-01
Genre : History
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Download or read book Everyday Life in Medieval England written by Christopher Dyer. This book was released on 2001-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyday Life in Medieval England captures the day-to-day experience of people in the middle ages - the houses and settlements in which they lived, the food they ate, their getting and spending - and their social relationships. The picture that emerges is of great variety, of constant change, of movement and of enterprise. Many people were downtrodden and miserably poor, but they struggled against their circumstances, resisting oppressive authorities, to build their own way of life and to improve their material conditions. The ordinary men and women of the middle ages appear throughout. Everyday life in Medieval England is an outstanding contribution to both national and local history.

Life in a Medieval City

2010-08-03 History

Author : Frances Gies
Release : 2010-08-03
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 679/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Life in a Medieval City written by Frances Gies. This book was released on 2010-08-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From acclaimed historians Frances and Joseph Gies comes the reissue of their classic book on day-to-day life in medieval cities, which was a source for George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series. Evoking every aspect of city life in the Middle Ages, Life in a Medieval City depicts in detail what it was like to live in a prosperous city of Northwest Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The year is 1250 CE and the city is Troyes, capital of the county of Champagne and site of two of the cycle Champagne Fairs—the “Hot Fair” in August and the “Cold Fair” in December. European civilization has emerged from the Dark Ages and is in the midst of a commercial revolution. Merchants and money men from all over Europe gather at Troyes to buy, sell, borrow, and lend, creating a bustling market center typical of the feudal era. As the Gieses take us through the day-to-day life of burghers, we learn the customs and habits of lords and serfs, how financial transactions were conducted, how medieval cities were governed, and what life was really like for a wide range of people. For serious students of the medieval era and anyone wishing to learn more about this fascinating period, Life in a Medieval City remains a timeless work of popular medieval scholarship.

Everyday Life in Medieval England

1994 History

Author : Christopher Dyer
Release : 1994
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Download or read book Everyday Life in Medieval England written by Christopher Dyer. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Everyday Life in Medieval England" captures the day-to-day experience of people in the middle ages -- the houses and settlements in which they lived, the food they ate, their getting and spending -- and their social relationships. The picture that emerges is of great variety, of constant change, of movement and of enterprise. Many people were downtrodden and miserably poor, but they struggled against their circumstances, resisiting oppressive authorities, to build their own way of life and to improve their material conditions. The ordinary men and women of the middle ages appear throughout. Everyday Life in Medieval England is an outstanding contribution to both national and local history.

Everyday Life in Medieval London

2014-03-15 History

Author : Toni Mount
Release : 2014-03-15
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 649/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Everyday Life in Medieval London written by Toni Mount. This book was released on 2014-03-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step back in time to medieval London to find out about the lives of those working and living there.

The Middle Ages

2013 HISTORY

Author : Jeffrey L. Singman
Release : 2013
Genre : HISTORY
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 057/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Middle Ages written by Jeffrey L. Singman. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We consider the Middle Ages barbaric, yet the period furnished some of our most enduring icons, including King Arthur's Round Table, knights in shining armor, and the idealized noblewoman. In this vivid history of the time, the medieval world comes to life in all its rich daily experience. Find out what people's beds were like, how often they washed, what they wore, what they cooked, how they worked, how they entertained themselves, how they wed, and what life was like in a medieval village, castle, or monastery. Contemporary artworks and documents further illuminate this fascinating historical era.

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