The age of chivalry update#

There is some redress of the balance away from the worlds of chivalry and the church towards the everyday world of towns and country. There is a refreshing emphasis on the material remains of the Middle Ages. This expectation is not entirely disappointed. Yet the authors-one of whom is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Nottingham-might be expected to bring some special expertise to their work. Given the scope of the survey and its modest word-length, it would be unfair to judge the book on austerely academic grounds. It has a short bibliography, but no other scholarly apparatus. Each of the chapters is divided into short, caption-sized sections.ДЄs the preface clearly states, 'it is not an academic book'. There follow chapters on 'Society', 'Castles', 'The Countryside', 'The Church', 'Towns', 'Trade and Communications', 'Science and Teachnology, Superstition and Medicine', 'Leisure and Fashion', 'Intellectual and Artistic Endeavour'. The introduction provides a historical framework for the period. It is attractively illustrated, and presents itself almost in the manner of a montage of British life between 10.

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The age of chivalry update#

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