Life in a Medieval City
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Life in a Medieval City
14.99 €
"Life in a Medieval City" is a classic bestseller by renowned historians Frances and Joseph Gies, in which the world of the Middle Ages is presented through the example of everyday life in the French city of Troyes, the historical center of Champagne. 1250. This time is the peak of medieval civilization, when former Roman forts such as Troyes, having strengthened in centuries of defense against ruthless invaders and developing the economy, turned into centers of the intersection of busy trade routes, wealthy European cities that had yet to face the devastating breath of the brutal wars of the following centuries and the Black Death epidemic.
The authors reconstruct the way of life of a rich and a poor family, a housewife and her servants, a merchant and a craftsman, a doctor and a schoolboy, along the way telling about the customs and traditions of that period that have long since sunk into oblivion. Watching how life goes on in a medieval city, where, by the last page, it seems as if you yourself have lived for many years, you open a window into an amazing, complex and colorful world, which even from the point of view of all the achievements of the 21st century can in no way be called “backward Middle Ages.”
The authors reconstruct the way of life of a rich and a poor family, a housewife and her servants, a merchant and a craftsman, a doctor and a schoolboy, along the way telling about the customs and traditions of that period that have long since sunk into oblivion. Watching how life goes on in a medieval city, where, by the last page, it seems as if you yourself have lived for many years, you open a window into an amazing, complex and colorful world, which even from the point of view of all the achievements of the 21st century can in no way be called “backward Middle Ages.”
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