The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages Hardcover - 2010
by Robert Fossier; Lydia G. Cochrane (Translator)
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"What did men and women eat, drink, and wear in the Middle Ages? How did they work, fight, pray, and laugh? This book reduces medieval life to its most elemental functions. It encompasses not only material and social conditions, thought, and belief, but the natural environment as well. In other words, it raises all the questions that one never dares to ask. Among France's most active medieval scholars, Robert Fossier has spent more than six decades studying historical documents. Now he steps back from them to propose a deeply personal perspective. The result is a tour de force. Viewed in their bare flesh, humans living in the Middle Ages appear not much different from us."--John W. Baldwin, Johns Hopkins University
"This is a provocative meditation on the human condition in the Middle Ages, written by one of the field's most distinguished historians. Robert Fossier thoughtfully probes the continuities and discontinuities of everyday life for ordinary people, with constant and daring comparisons to modern knowledge and experiences."--William C. Jordan, Princeton University
"This is an outstanding book, an ambitious and strikingly successful attempt to capture the huge experience of human life in the Middle Ages. The most impressive aspect of this extraordinarily vivid work is the author's breathtaking mastery of everything he writes about. And the beautifully crafted and translucent prose gives the effect of a friendly and seamless conversation with the reader."--Piotr Grecki, University of California, Riverside
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- Title The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages
- Author Robert Fossier; Lydia G. Cochrane (Translator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Printing o
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
- Date 2010-08-22
- Features Dust Cover, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780691143125 / 0691143129
- Weight 1.26 lbs (0.57 kg)
- Dimensions 8.7 x 5.84 x 1.17 in (22.10 x 14.83 x 2.97 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Library of Congress subjects Civilization, Medieval, Middle Ages
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010004039
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.1
Media reviews
Citations
- Choice, 03/01/2011, Page 0
- Foreword, 08/17/2010, Page 0
- Library Journal, 09/01/2010, Page 119
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