The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England - Folio Society edition

The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England

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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England - Folio Society edition
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England

Ian Mortimer
Edition year 2013
Binding Buckram
Illustrator Robert Venables
Weight 1.25 Kg
Pages 361
Dimensions 25 × 17 cm

Edition details

Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, The : A Handbook for Visitors to the 14th. Century by Ian Mortimer. Foreword by Christopher Dyer. 10 colour illustrations by Robert Venables. Patterned blue endpapers. Bound in blue buckram blocked with a picture in black and gold. Blue slipcase. 361pp. 25x17cm

About the book

Funny, learned and frank, this is the book to read if you want to know what it was really like to live in the Middle Ages. For here you can explore the medieval era as you would a foreign country - its customs and dress codes, sights to see and who to consult if you are ill. Ian Mortimer blends in-depth scholarship with literary flair as he leads the reader on a fascinating journey through the streets and lanes of 14th-century England, detailing the landscapes and towns, the people and their homes, their pastimes and their laws. In ‘What to Eat and Drink', he describes dinner in a noble household: ‘on a fish day you might be served a first course of lampreys baked in vinegar, pepper, ginger and cinnamon;' and he reveals the ingredients of ‘pottage', the staple food of peasants. In ‘What to Do' he notes the people's love of music and the ‘disguising games' beloved by Edward III, who once took part himself by dressing as a giant bird. Jousting is essential viewing, though not for the faint-hearted: ‘In case you have any doubt about the level of danger, let it be stated unequivocally.

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