A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages
On sale
12th March 2009
Price: £12.99
Genre
British & Irish History / Early History: C 500 To C 1450/1500 / Social & Cultural History / United Kingdom, Great Britain
Selected:
Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781845296858
Using wide-ranging evidence, Martyn Whittock shines a light on Britain in the Middle Ages, bringing it vividly to life in this fascinating new portrait that brings together the everyday and the extraordinary.
Thus we glimpse 11th-century rural society through a conversation between a ploughman and his master.
The life of Dick Whittington illuminates the rise of the urban elite. The stories of Roger ‘the Raker’ who drowned in his own sewage, a ‘merman’ imprisoned in Orford Castle and the sufferings of the Jews of Bristol reveal the extraordinary diversity of medieval society.
Through these characters and events – and using the latest discoveries and research – the dynamic and engaging panorama of medieval England is revealed.
Thus we glimpse 11th-century rural society through a conversation between a ploughman and his master.
The life of Dick Whittington illuminates the rise of the urban elite. The stories of Roger ‘the Raker’ who drowned in his own sewage, a ‘merman’ imprisoned in Orford Castle and the sufferings of the Jews of Bristol reveal the extraordinary diversity of medieval society.
Through these characters and events – and using the latest discoveries and research – the dynamic and engaging panorama of medieval England is revealed.
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