Frances Gies, Joseph Gies

Life in a Medieval Village

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ISBN 13:: 9780062415660
author:: Frances Gies, Joseph Gies
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Harper Perennial Reissue edition
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2016
Pages:: 288
Dimensions:: 13.5 x 1.7 x 20.3 cm
Genre:: Society, Politics & Philosophy, Social Sciences, Anthropology, Frances Gies, Joseph Gies,Life in a Medieval Village,Harper Perennial,0062415662,History: Specific Subjects,Europe - Great Britain,History - General History,History,British & Irish histor
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Life in a Medieval Village offers a lively and convincing portrait of rural life in the Middle Ages. The book focuses on the village of Elton, in the English East Midlands, around 1300, and explores the agricultural advances that made communal living possible. The authors also examine domestic life for serfs and lords, and the central role of the church in maintaining social harmony.

Meticulously researched, Life in a Medieval Village provides a remarkable account of the captivating world of the Middle Ages. The book offers enlightening historical context on the origin, development, and decline of the European village, an invention of the Middle Ages. This detailed and engaging history sheds light on what it was like to live during a fascinating and often misunderstood era.

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