Recreates the life of the rich and poor family, the housewife, businessman, doctor, scholar, clergy, artist, and writer of the Middle Ages, with insights into many customs and traditions of the period.
Explore the fascinating world of medieval life through historic pictures, period illustrations, and detail text describing everything from castle-storming techniques to villagers' hair styles. 300 illustrations.
This compelling and lucid chronicle of medieval life by the authors of the bestselling "Life in a Medieval Castle" and "Life in a Medieval City" is worthwhile reading for students of history, sociology, and women's studies.
"The authors allow medieval man and woman to speak for themselves through selections from past journals, songs, even account books."-- "Time" "The authors allow medieval man and woman to speak for themselves through selections from past journals, songs, even account books." "--Time" "The Gieses succeed in making a remote and unfamiliar world ...
An illuminating look at the monumental inventions of the Middle Ages, by the authors "of Life in a Medieval Castle.""The Gieses here explode the myth of the Dark Ages, showing that the Fall of Rome did not plunge Europe into stagnation and lethargy." "--Booklist"
How did Western Europe, engulfed in political chaos after the fall of Rome, rise by the time of Columbus to world leadership in technology? This book tells how the "silent contribution of many hands and minds" wrought a technological revolution that was marked by such key inventions as the horse collar, the vertical waterwheel, the spinning wheel, ...
From the celebrated authors of "Life in a Medieval Castle" and "Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel" comes a fascinating glimpse of the details of medieval life. Taken from authentic records and personal letters, this is the actual story of three stormy generations of a remarkable English family.
Correcting the omissions of traditional history, this is "a reliable survey of the real and varied roles played by women in the medieval period. . . . Highly recommended."-- "Choice" "Many a quaint and amusing side, as well as a wealth of solid information." "--New York Times"
This collection of letters, diaries, and papers not only follows the trials and tribulations of the Paston family through three generations, but also reveals a wealth of information about manners, lifestyles and attitudes of ordinary middle-class people in the late Middle Ages.
A wonderful book about Leonardo Fibonacci's rediscovery of the Golden Ratio in the 13th century. Includes explanations of the Golden Rectangle, the Golden Spiral, and Fibonacci's own math problems (with solutions).
In their history of man and his work, the authors have told the story of work, how man has conceived of it, organized it, and reacted to it from pre-historic times to the present, and they speculate what work will become in the future as man is increasingly replaced by machine. The book is divided into three main sections: "Work in the Pre ...
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