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
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.].
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Pages : 337
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Daily Living in the Twelfth Century
Author: 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 T. Holmes (Jr.)
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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 12th Century, Based on the Observations of Alexander Neckam in London and Paris, by Urban Tigner Holmes, Jr
Author: Alexander Neckam
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Languages : en
Pages : 345
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Daily Living in the Twelfth Century. Based on the Observation of Alexander Neckam in London and Paris
Author: Urban T. Holmes
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Pages : 337
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Daily Living in the 12th Century
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Daily Living in the Twelfth Century, Leased on the Observations of Alexander Neckam in London and Paris
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The Making of Manners and Morals in Twelfth-Century England
Author: Fiona Whelan
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1315524880
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
How different are we from those in the past? Or, how different do we think we are from those in the past? Medieval people were more dirty and unhygienic than us – as novels, TV, and film would have us believe – but how much truth is there in this notion? This book seeks to challenge some of these preconceptions by examining medieval society through rules of conduct, and specifically through the lens of a medieval Latin text entitled The Book of the Civilised Man – or Urbanus magnus – which is attributed to Daniel of Beccles. Urbanus magnus is a twelfth-century poem of almost 3,000 lines which comprehensively surveys the day-to-day life of medieval society, including issues such as moral behaviour, friendship, marriage, hospitality, table manners, and diet. Currently, it is a neglected source for the social and cultural history of daily life in medieval England, but by incorporating modern ideas of disgust and taboo, and merging anthropology, sociology, and archaeology with history, this book aims to bring it to the fore, and to show that medieval people did have standards of behaviour. Although they may seem remote to modern ‘civilised’ people, there is both continuity and change in human behaviour throughout the centuries.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1315524880
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
How different are we from those in the past? Or, how different do we think we are from those in the past? Medieval people were more dirty and unhygienic than us – as novels, TV, and film would have us believe – but how much truth is there in this notion? This book seeks to challenge some of these preconceptions by examining medieval society through rules of conduct, and specifically through the lens of a medieval Latin text entitled The Book of the Civilised Man – or Urbanus magnus – which is attributed to Daniel of Beccles. Urbanus magnus is a twelfth-century poem of almost 3,000 lines which comprehensively surveys the day-to-day life of medieval society, including issues such as moral behaviour, friendship, marriage, hospitality, table manners, and diet. Currently, it is a neglected source for the social and cultural history of daily life in medieval England, but by incorporating modern ideas of disgust and taboo, and merging anthropology, sociology, and archaeology with history, this book aims to bring it to the fore, and to show that medieval people did have standards of behaviour. Although they may seem remote to modern ‘civilised’ people, there is both continuity and change in human behaviour throughout the centuries.