Daily living in the twelfth century, based on the observations of Alexander Neckam in London and Paris

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, homogeneo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Holmes, Urban T, Jr., 1900-1972, Holmes, Urban T., Jr., 1900-1972
Corporate Author: Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1952
Madison, 1952
Madison, [1970, c1952]
Madison : 1952
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • London
  • The journey and Paris
  • Lodgings in the city
  • Gown
  • Town
  • The baron and his castle
  • Manor house and peasant
  • "To talk of many things"