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Daily life in medieval times : a vivid, detailed account of birth, marriage, and death ; food, clothing, and housing ; love and labor, in the Middle Ages / by Frances & Joseph Gies.
LIBRA - Furness Storage CB353 .G477 1990
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gies, Frances, author.
- Gies, Joseph, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization, Medieval.
- Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Social history.
- Europe--Social life and customs.
- Europe.
- City and town life--Europe--History--To 1500.
- City and town life.
- Villages--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Villages.
- Castles--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Castles.
- Chepstow Castle (Chepstow, Wales).
- Manners and customs.
- Social history--Medieval.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Wakeman, Rollin (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 397 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Barnes & Noble Books : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., [1990]
- Summary:
- Presents a detailed look at the life and times of ordinary people during the Middle Ages.
- Contents:
- Life in a medieval castle. Prologue: Chepstow Castle
- Castle comes to England
- Lord of the castle
- Castle as a house
- Lady
- Household
- Day in the castle
- Hunting as a way of life
- Villagers
- Making of a knight
- Castle at war
- Castle year
- Decline of the castle
- Great medieval castles: a geographical guide
- Life in a medieval village. Prologue: Elton
- Village emerges
- English village: Elton
- Lord
- Villagers: Who they were
- Villagers: How they lived
- Marriage and the family
- Village at work
- Parish
- Village justice
- Passing of the medieval village
- Life in a medieval city. Prologue ; Troyes: 1250
- Burgher's home
- Medieval housewife
- Childbirth and children
- Weddings and funerals
- Small business
- Big business
- Doctor
- Church
- Cathedral
- School and scholars
- Books and authors
- New theater
- Disasters
- Town government
- Champagne fair
- Genealogy of the counts of Champagne.
- Notes:
- "Illustrated edition of the bestsellers Life in a Medieval Castle, Life in a Medieval City, and Life in a Medieval Village"--Cover.
- "This edition published exclusively for Barnes & Noble, Inc., by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc."--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-371) and index.
- Contains:
- Gies, Joseph. Life in a medieval castle.
- Gies, Joseph. Life in a medieval city.
- Gies, Frances. Life in a medieval village.
- ISBN:
- 0760759138
- 9780760759134
- OCLC:
- 156980190
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