Medieval Town And Country Life

Medieval Town And Country Life
Author: Emma Johnson
Publisher: Black Rabbit Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2004-07-30
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781932889284

Discusses various aspects of life in medieval Europe.

Town and Country in the Middle Ages

Town and Country in the Middle Ages
Author: Katherine Giles
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN:

This book brings together the papers presented at the Society for medieval Archaeology's spring conference held in York in 2002. The conference set out to reunite urban and rural archaeology. Papers define the differences between town and country, compare the two ways of life, trace the interconnecting links between townspeople and country dwellers, and show how they interacted and influenced on another

Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West

Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West
Author: Georges Duby
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 634
Release: 1998-01-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780812216745

"One of the most important, imaginative, solidly documented, well written books of medieval history that I have ever read. . . . It offers a unique combination of synthetic power and analytic perception, of bold judgment and Cartesian doubt, of hard economic facts and subtle psychological considerations."--

Life in a Medieval Village

Life in a Medieval Village
Author: Frances Gies
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2010-09-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 0062016687

The reissue of Joseph and Frances Gies’s classic bestseller on life in medieval villages. This new reissue of Life in a Medieval Village, by respected historians Joseph and Frances Gies, paints a lively, convincing portrait of rural people at work and at play in the Middle Ages. Focusing on the village of Elton, in the English East Midlands, the Gieses detail the agricultural advances that made communal living possible, explain what domestic life was like for serf and lord alike, and describe the central role of the church in maintaining social harmony. Though the main focus is on Elton, c. 1300, the Gieses supply enlightening historical context on the origin, development, and decline of the European village, itself an invention of the Middle Ages. Meticulously researched, Life in a Medieval Village is a remarkable account that illustrates the captivating world of the Middle Ages and demonstrates what it was like to live during a fascinating—and often misunderstood—era.

Life in Medieval Times

Life in Medieval Times
Author: Judith Kidd
Publisher: Heinemann
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780435325947

The Heinemann History Scheme offers an opportunity to refresh the approach to teaching at Key Stage 3. It uses sources and activities to explain complex issues and helps students think through historical concepts for themselves. The Scheme is an exact match to the QCA scheme of work.

The Salt of Common Life

The Salt of Common Life
Author: Edwin Brezette DeWindt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 576
Release: 1995
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The essays within this volume, produced in honor of J. Ambrose Raftis, are united by two themes significant in Raftis's career: a belief in the fundamental individuality of medieval English men and women, and a belief in their ability to make choices. However much environment, custom, social structure, and even biology might constrain or otherwise affect personal behavior, the men and women who appear in the often laconic entries of medieval court rolls were distinctive, one-of-a-kind persons, and their actions-their deeds and their misdeeds, their triumphs and their failures, their fortunes and their follies-were often the result of choices they had made. That is the medieval world of J. Ambrose Raftis, and it is that world, and that vision, that this book honors.

Objects, Environment, and Everyday Life in Medieval Europe. Environmental and Artefact Based Approaches to Dwelling in Town and Country

Objects, Environment, and Everyday Life in Medieval Europe. Environmental and Artefact Based Approaches to Dwelling in Town and Country
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015
Genre: Archaeology, Medieval
ISBN: 9782503562049

This volume presents Europe-wide perspectives on urban life in medieval Europe through the study of artefacts and environmental remains. 0Artefacts and environmental remains are abundant from archaeological excavations across Europe, but until now they have most commonly been used to accompany broader narratives built on historical sources and studies of topography and buildings, rather than being studied as important evidence in their own right. The papers in this volume aim to redress the balance by taking an environmental and artefact-based approach to life in medieval Europe.00The contributions included here address central themes such as urban identities, the nature of towns and their relationship with their hinterlands, provisioning processes, and the role of ritual and religion in everyday life. Case studies from across Europe encourage a comparative approach between town and country, and provide a pan-European perspective to current debates.00The volume is divided into four key parts: an exploration of the processes of provisioning; an assessment of the dynamics of urban population; an examination of domestic life; and a discussion of the status quaestionis and future potential of urban environmental archaeology. Together, these sections make a significant contribution to medieval archaeology and offer new and unique insights into the conditions of everyday life in medieval Europe.

Life in a Medieval Castle

Life in a Medieval Castle
Author: Tony McAleavy
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781592700059

An excellent overview of the Middle Ages.

Life in a Medieval Village

Life in a Medieval Village
Author: James Barter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781590182666

Explains what life was like for the various occupants in a medieval village.

Life in a Medieval City

Life in a Medieval City
Author: Frances Gies
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2010-08-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0062016679

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.