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    Medieval Gems

    By Claire Fitzgerald

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    This book offers a window into medieval life through a compilation of extracts from a vast array of original sources, ranging from chronicles to law code and from rules of etiquette to letter collections. The extracts have been selected for their intrinsic interest and, in many cases, for their sheer humour; a number of them will resonate with modern readers and will hopefully help to dispel the myth that the medieval period lacked both interest and relevance.

    Many of the sources that have been cited refer to ‘ordinary people’ rather than kings and emperors and we are introduced to cooks and butchers plying their wares and sometimes peddling substandard food in an attempt to scratch a living, to enclosed nuns who entertained men in their rooms, to impecunious university students writing home to their fathers for money, and to an inebriated youth being burnt alive in his bed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAustin Macauley Publishers
    Release dateApr 30, 2019
    ISBN9781528969574
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    Medieval Gems
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    Claire Fitzgerald

    Claire Fitzgerald read history at London University and then spent over thirty years as a tax planner in the accountancy profession and later in private banking. She took early retirement in 2011; since then, she has completed an MA in Medieval History and a Masters in Historical Research, both at Kings College, London.

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