Daily Life in Medieval Times A Vivid, Detailed Account of Birth, Marriage and Death; Food, Clothing and Housing; Love and Labor in the Middle Ages

by Gies, Frances; Gies, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9781579120696
• ISBN10: 1579120695
• Edition: Illus.
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal

Summary

Daily Life in Medieval Times is a fully-illustrated edition of the classic and popular books of history and anthropology by Frances and Joseph Gies - Life in a Medieval Castle, Life in a Medieval City and Life in a Medieval Village.This book takes readers into the fascinating world of medieval life through historic pictures, period illustrations and detailed text that describes everything from castle-storming techniques to villagers' hair styles.Three real medieval places - a castle in Chepstow on the Welsh border, the city of Troyes in the country of Champagne and the village of Elton in the English East Midlands - are the jumping - off point for this thorough exploration of 13th and 14th century life in Europe.The authors use recent archeloogical discoveries and historic and contemporary documents in conjunction with diagrams and dramatic photographs to give readers a full understanding of what it was truly like to live 700 years ago.

Table of Contents

SECTION I LIFE IN A MEDIEVAL CASTLE
Prologue: Chepstow Castle	8	(2)
The Castle Comes to England	10	(10)
The Lord of the Castle	20	(12)
The Castle as a House	32	(8)
The Lady	40	(10)
The Household	50	(8)
A Day in the Castle	58	(8)
Hunting as a Way of Life	66	(10)
The Villagers	76	(10)
The Making of a Knight	86	(10)
The Castle at War	96	(8)
The Castle Year	104	(6)
The Decline of the Castle	110	(12)
Great Medieval Castles: A Geographical Guide	114	(6)
SECTION II LIFE IN A MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
Prologue: Elton	120	(2)
The Village Emerges	122	(8)
The English Village: Elton	130	(10)
The Lord	140	(10)
The Villagers: Who They Were	150	(12)
The Villagers: How They Lived	162	(10)
Marriage and the Family	172	(12)
The Village at Work	184	(12)
The Parish	196	(12)
Village Justice	208	(12)
The Passing of the Medieval Village	220	(18)
SECTION III LIFE IN A MEDIEVAL CITY
Prologue	228	(10)
Troyes:1250	238	(4)
A Burgher's Home	242	(6)
A Medieval Housewife	248	(8)
Childbirth and Children	256	(6)
Weddings and Funerals	262	(6)
Small Business	268	(10)
Big Business	278	(6)
The Doctor	284	(6)
The Church	290	(8)
The Cathedral	298	(8)
School and Scholars	306	(6)
Books and Authors	312	(8)
The New Theater	320	(4)
Disasters	324	(6)
Town Government	330	(8)
The Champagne Fair	338	(12)
Genealogy of the Counts of Champagne	348	(2)
Notes	350	(14)
Bibliography	364	(8)
Copyright Acknoledgments	372	(1)
Photography Credits	373	(2)
Glossary	375	(2)
Index	377