A vivid introduction to the medieval world, providing a general understanding of everyday living with detailed portraits of specific settings.
Introduction Medieval Society The Life Cycle Material Culture Village Life Castle Life Monastic Life Town Life The Medieval World Glossary Appendix A: Games Appendix B: Recipes Appendix C: Music Selected Bibliography Index
JEFFREY L. SINGMAN is the author of several works on medieval and early modern Europe, including Daily Life in Chaucer's England (Greenwood, 1995), Daily Life in Elizabethan England (Greenwood, 1995), and Robin Hood: The Shaping of the Legend (Greenwood, 1998). Dr. Singman has worked at various living history sites, including Greenfield Village and Plimoth Plantation, and is now the Paul S. Morgan Curator at the Higgins Armory Museum and Adjunct Professor of Humanities at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.
Singman's book with it's accessible, straight forward, 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*
A vivid introduction to the medieval world, providing a general
understanding of everyday living with detailed portraits of
specific settings.
*Media & Methods*
The wealth of fascinating information presented in interesting
prose will teach junior high, high school, and adult readers a
great deal about the Middle Ages.
*VOYA*
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.
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