First published in 2005.This work provides the background information necessary for a sympathetic understanding of the Middle Age and its central feature, Chivalry. Although scholarly, it was specifically written for the interested general reader. Many extracts from original sources (Latin and Old French) are translated here for the first time.
Autorentext
G.G. Coulter was a fellow of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge and the author of many scholarly works.
Zusammenfassung
First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Inhalt
SECTION I LAND AND FOLK SECTION II BIRTH AND NURTURE SECTION III AUTHORS, SCRIBES AND READERS SECTION IV CHURCH AND CHURCHMEN SECTION V KINGS KNIGHTS AND WAR SECTION VI MANOR AND COTTAGE VII TOWN LIFE SECTION VIII RICH AND POOR SECTION IX HOUSE, DRESS AND MEALS SECTION X SPORTS AND PASTIMES SECTION XI WAYFARING and FOREIGN TRAVEL SECTION XII WOMEN'S LIFE SECTION XIII ARCHITECTURE AND THE ARTS SECTION XIV MEDICINE AND JUSTICE SECTION XV SUPERSTITIONS AND MARVELS