The Middle Ages

by Quigley, Mary

• ISBN13: 9781403406071
• ISBN10: 1403406073
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Heinemann/Raintree

Summary

Presents an overview of culture and society during the Middle Ages.

Table of Contents

People in the Middle Ages	4	(2)
How Do We Know?	6	(2)
History in Pictures and Words	8	(2)
Kings and Nobles	10	(2)
Lords and Knights	12	(2)
Religion	14	(2)
Monasteries, Churches, and Cathedrals	16	(2)
Crusades	18	(2)
Family Life	20	(2)
Medieval Clothing	22	(2)
Growing Up and Going to School	24	(2)
The Farming Year	26	(2)
Serfs and Peasants	28	(2)
Medicine and Healing	30	(2)
A Medieval City	32	(2)
Town and Village	34	(2)
Medieval Homes	36	(2)
Cooking and Eating	38	(2)
Feasting and Fasting	40	(2)
Sports and Recreation	42	(2)
Manners	44	(2)
Crafts and Craftworkers	46	(2)
Travel and Transportation	48	(2)
Trade and Exploration	50	(2)
Plague	52	(2)
Warfare and the Decline of Feudalism	54	(2)
New Ideas	56	(2)
What Remains	58	(2)
Time Line	60	(2)
Glossary	62	(1)
More Books to Read	63	(1)
Index	64