1999, ISBN: 9780313302732

These chapters provide an understanding of what people ate, what their social lives were like, what they wore, what kinds of jobs they had, and much more. -Smoke & Fire News?Singmans book… Mehr…

These chapters provide an understanding of what people ate, what their social lives were like, what they wore, what kinds of jobs they had, and much more. -Smoke & Fire News?Singmans book with its accessible, straight ford, almost personal style and its well defined goals will be of interest to anyone who wishes to know more about the Middle Ages. Product DescriptExplore the Middle Ages, a complex and often misunderstood period in European history, through this vivid examinat. Details of everyday living recreate the time period for modern readers, conveying the foreignness of the medieval world while bringing it into focus. The volume provides a two-pronged approach to history beginning with a broad sketch of the general dynamics that shaped the medieval experience while at the same time creating a detailed and clear portrait of what life would have been like for real individuals living in specific settings at the time.The reader is introduced to medieval society in the first three chapters, which include informat on the life cycle, material culture, and the economy. These chapters provide an understanding of what people ate, what their social lives were like, what they wore, what kinds of jobs they had, and much more. Following are portraits of life in four specific medieval settings, offering in each case a particular example of the type: the village (Cuxham in Oxfordshire), the castle (Dover), the monastery (Cluny) and the town (Paris). Extensive use of documentary sources from each place sketch the broad contours of the social setting and provide details of the everyday experiences of real individuals. The volume concludes with an explorat of how ordinary people perceived the world in which they lived. Original games, recipes, and music are also provided to round out this rich introduct to life in medieval Europe.Review?A vivid introduct to the medieval world, providing a general understanding of everyday living with detailed portraits of specific settings.?-Media & Methods?An intriguing view of life and thought in medieval society and the world of that time....This book and others in the series are recommended for public, high school, and college libraries.?-American Reference Books Annual?Daily Life in Medieval Europe is a must for living historians of this time period, as well as educators dealing with the subject matter in middle school and high school settings....The reader will find the material presented to be quite easy to follow yet highly informative and historically accurate and helpful.?-Smoke & Fire News?Singmans book with its accessible, straight ford, almost personal style and its well defined goals will be of interest to anyone who wishes to know more about the Middle Ages.?-European Studies Journal?The wealth of fascinating informat presented in interesting prose willch junior high, high school, and readers a great deal about the Middle Ages.?-VOYAA vivid introduct to the medieval world, providing a general understanding of everyday living with detailed portraits of specific settings.-Media & MethodsAn intriguing view of life and thought in medieval society and the world of that time....This book and others in the series are recommended for public, high school, and college libraries.-American Reference Books AnnualSingmans book with its accessible, straight ford, almost personal style and its well defined goals will be of interest to anyone who wishes to know more about the Middle Ages.-European Studies JournalThe wealth of fascinating informat presented in interesting prose willch junior high, high school, and readers a great deal about the Middle Ages.-VOYADaily Life in Medieval Europe is a must for living historians of this time period, as well as educators dealing with the subject matter in middle school and high school settings....The reader will find the material presented to be quite easy to follow yet highly informative and historically accurate and helpful.-Smoke & Fire NewsAbout the AuthorJEFFREY L. SINGMAN is the author of several works on medieval and early modern Europe, includingDaily Life in Chaucers England (Green, 1995),Daily Life in Elizabethan England (Green, 1995), andRobin Hood: The Shaping of the Legend (Green, Gut, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Binding: Hardcover, Publication Date: 30-08-1999, Country of Origin: USA, United States, Manufacturer/Packer/Importer Details: ERGODE, Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1, Dimensions (LxWxH) - Inches: 1X9X6.1, ISBN-10: 0313302731, ISBN-13: 9780313302732, SKU: SONG0313302731, EAN: 9780313302732, Format: Gebundene Ausgabe, Anzahl der Seiten: 290 Seiten, Sprache: Englisch, Buchtitel: Daily Life in Medieval Europe, Greenwood, 1999<