Describes how medieval society was organized and the ways a lord's lifestyle differed from a peasant's.
Describes daily life in Europe during the Middle Ages, looking at the social hierarchy of the feudal system, through which kings and lords became rich while peasants remained poor.
Focusing on the village of Elton, in the English East Midlands, this book describes the food and housing of the peasants, the tension between them and the lord of the...
Let it be known by the terms of this public declaration that the noble and mighty lady Raibaude de Caussol , dame of the said village called Cipières of the one part , and of the other part the men of the community of the said village ...
This historical study of the village of Lournand in the year 1000 and its transition from antiquity to feudalism, is based upon detailed research into documents and sources of the...
The Middle Ages saw the rise of feudalism in the European countryside, when most people spent their lives working the land to feed the growing population across the continent.
An account of the daily and yearly round of the English peasant in the Middle Ages.
Nottingham's brewers included a corviser, a cook, a cooper, a tailor, a smith and a clerk. In the small borough of Thornbury, a chaplain, a baker, a butcher a chaloner, a dyer, a smith, a cobbler, a tanner and a weaver were all brewing ...
Living in a Medieval Village
This is a comparative study of the role of English and French towns in feudal society in the middle ages.
Legends have been written about it, films have been made, but what really happened during the Middle Ages? Learn about feudalism, popes, leaders, and wars in this informative book.