Reviews for Life in a Medieval City

The average rating for Life in a Medieval City based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-03-31 00:00:00 Mark Varon "Anything written in a book has a certain sacredness, all the established authors are authorities, and all are timeless, from Aesop to Horace." - Joseph & Frances Gies A nice survey of Troyes in 1250 AD. Joseph and Frances Gies examine everything from medicine to women to the church and cathedrals in Medieval Europe, focusing their historical lense on Troyes, which at the time was a prosperous center of commerce in Europe. Not super deep, but VERY interesting with some great nuggets. This book is written for general readership and seems to always jump to the next chapter just as soon as my interest was piqued. Here is a list of the chapters/subjects: * Prologue 1. Troyes: 1250 2. A Burgher's Home 3. A Medieval Housewife 4. Childbirth and Children 5. Weddings and Funerals 6. Small Business 7. Big Business 8. The Doctor 9. The Church 10. The Cathedral 11. School and Scholars 12. Books and Authors 13. The New Theatre 14. Disasters 15. Town Government 16. The Champaigne Fair * After 1250

Review # 2 was written on 2018-03-17 00:00:00 Brian Williams Understandably a classic of social history. I enjoyed learning that in 13th century Europe pepper was was so expensive (though not the most expensive of spices available, those were saffron and cinnamon) that pepper sellers would sell individual peppercorns to housewives. Enjoyable social history centered in 13th century Troyes, France.