Author: Urban T. Holmes (Jr.)
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299008543
Category : Cities and towns, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
This is a book for all who are curious to know how it was to live in another time. It presents a new approach to the study of medieval life: first, it concentrates on a 50-year period, 1150-1200, not making the usual broad generalizations about the Middle Ages as though they were a single, homogeneous era; second, it presents medieval life through the experience of a medieval man. The reader goes on a journey with Alexander Neckham, rides the amounts he rode, lodges at hospices such as might have received him, walks the streets of London and Paris as Alexander found them, and visits the schools and baronial estates that he might have visited. Mr. Holmes draws steadily upon his wide, varied, and accurate knowledge of medieval literature -- Latin, French, and English -- to say nothing of iconography, painting, and architecture. The reader has a sense of being guided by two men familiar with the ground, one a medieval man, the other a modern expert. - Back cover.
Daily Living in the Twelfth Century, Based on the Observations of Alexander Neckam in London and Paris
Author: Urban T. Holmes (Jr.)
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299008543
Category : Cities and towns, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
This is a book for all who are curious to know how it was to live in another time. It presents a new approach to the study of medieval life: first, it concentrates on a 50-year period, 1150-1200, not making the usual broad generalizations about the Middle Ages as though they were a single, homogeneous era; second, it presents medieval life through the experience of a medieval man. The reader goes on a journey with Alexander Neckham, rides the amounts he rode, lodges at hospices such as might have received him, walks the streets of London and Paris as Alexander found them, and visits the schools and baronial estates that he might have visited. Mr. Holmes draws steadily upon his wide, varied, and accurate knowledge of medieval literature -- Latin, French, and English -- to say nothing of iconography, painting, and architecture. The reader has a sense of being guided by two men familiar with the ground, one a medieval man, the other a modern expert. - Back cover.
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299008543
Category : Cities and towns, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
This is a book for all who are curious to know how it was to live in another time. It presents a new approach to the study of medieval life: first, it concentrates on a 50-year period, 1150-1200, not making the usual broad generalizations about the Middle Ages as though they were a single, homogeneous era; second, it presents medieval life through the experience of a medieval man. The reader goes on a journey with Alexander Neckham, rides the amounts he rode, lodges at hospices such as might have received him, walks the streets of London and Paris as Alexander found them, and visits the schools and baronial estates that he might have visited. Mr. Holmes draws steadily upon his wide, varied, and accurate knowledge of medieval literature -- Latin, French, and English -- to say nothing of iconography, painting, and architecture. The reader has a sense of being guided by two men familiar with the ground, one a medieval man, the other a modern expert. - Back cover.
Daily Living in the Twelfth Century
Author: Urban Tigner Holmes
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Category : Civilization, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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Category : Civilization, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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Daily living in the twelfth century, by urban tigner holmes
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Daily Living in the Twelfth Century
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Daily Living in the Twelfth Century
Author: Urban Tigner Holmes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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Publisher:
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Category : Civilization, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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Daily Living in the Twelfth Century
Author: Urban Tigner Holmes
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Languages : en
Pages : 337
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Pages : 337
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Daily Living in the Twelfth Century
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Daily Living in the Twelfth Century. Based on the Observations of Alexander Neckam in London and Paris [contained in His Work "De Nominibus Utensilium"]. [With Plates.].
Author: Urban T. Holmes (Jr.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 337
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Languages : en
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Daily Living in the Twelfth Century
Author: Urban T. Holmes (Jr.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Civilization, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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Tales From the Long Twelfth Century
Author: Richard Huscroft
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300187289
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
This intriguing book tells the story of England’s great medieval Angevin dynasty in an entirely new way. Departing from the usual king-centric narrative, Richard Huscroft instead centers each of his chapters on the experiences of a particular man or woman who contributed to the broad sweep of events. Whether noble and brave or flawed and fallible, each participant was struggling to survive in the face of uncontrollable forces. Princes, princesses, priests, heroes, relatives, friends, and others—some well known and others obscure—all were embroiled in the drama of historic events. Under Henry II and his sons Richard I (the Lionheart) and John, the empire rose to encompass much of the British Isles and the greater part of modern France, yet it survived a mere fifty years. Huscroft deftly weaves together the stories of individual lives to illuminate the key themes of this exciting and formative era.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300187289
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
This intriguing book tells the story of England’s great medieval Angevin dynasty in an entirely new way. Departing from the usual king-centric narrative, Richard Huscroft instead centers each of his chapters on the experiences of a particular man or woman who contributed to the broad sweep of events. Whether noble and brave or flawed and fallible, each participant was struggling to survive in the face of uncontrollable forces. Princes, princesses, priests, heroes, relatives, friends, and others—some well known and others obscure—all were embroiled in the drama of historic events. Under Henry II and his sons Richard I (the Lionheart) and John, the empire rose to encompass much of the British Isles and the greater part of modern France, yet it survived a mere fifty years. Huscroft deftly weaves together the stories of individual lives to illuminate the key themes of this exciting and formative era.