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Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
Ian Mortimer
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Paperback, 342 pages; 2011 (2008)
$15.00
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Imagine yourself a traveler in fourteenth-century England. All the sights, sounds, tastes, pungent smells, pleasures, and perils of journeying through the countryside, villages, towns, and cities of England are revealed as you resolve the basic issues of all travelers: Where to stay? What will it cost? What can you expect for your money? Where and what to eat? What to see and do for entertainment? And perhaps most important, how to avoid illness and highwaymen? Ian Mortimer guides you on a Canterbury pilgrimage, takes you hunting and jousting with the nobility, and follows the common crowds to local fairs and mystery plays. Filled with delicious detail on every aspect of daily life of each social strata, The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England transports you as a welcome guest in this pivotal century--the time in which English became the lingua franca and the feudal system began to crumble from the ravages of the Black Death, severe famines, and war. Written as a tourist guide, this unusual approach to social history truly captures the feel of life in a century of change, turbulence, and splendor.
A Reader Review by Joan Londynsky Weill of Queensbury, New York
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