Gain Access To Medieval Britain (Reference) Developed By Jennifer Laing File Leaflet

Britain: The Age of Chivalry is laid out like a text book, and covers the time period from the Norman Conquest in the's to the's.
Each chapter focuses on a different area of Medieval life, focusing on Britain, but also giving details about Europe at points.
The chapter headings are Society Castles The Countryside The Church Towns Trade and Communications Science and Technology, Superstition and Medicine Leisure and Fashion and Intellectual and Artistic Endeavor.
This gives you an idea of what information this text has to offer,
Although the information given in this book is interesting, I found it to be too broad of an overview for what I was hoping.
This book is definitely a good starting point for someone looking to read more about medieval times.
I will have to explore further for a book that delves more deeply into this time period, however.


Spanning almostyears, fromto, the Middle Ages were times of extremes: rich in art, scholarship and adventure, and burdened with poverty, servitude and plague.
This was the age of the Crusades and the pilgrimage of King Arthur and Robin Hood of Gothic cathedrals and the illuminated manuscript of the chivalric code, the feudal system and the Black Death.
With meticulous research and an eye for a good story, the Laings have constructed an intricate tableau of life in the medieval world, using existing evidence of art and architecture to explore all spheres of life, from the dizzy heights of courtly love to the fields of the humble serf.
With major sections on urban, rural, Church and court society, and including absorbing detail on medieval pastimes, science and superstition, art, attitudes to women and the more gruesome aspects of medical practice, this richly illustrated book brings to life the imagination, ambitions and everyday realities of the world which formed the foundations of modern western society.
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