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The axe and the oath : ordinary life in the Middle Ages
Ces gens du Moyen Âge. English
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Examines what daily life was like for ordinary citizens during the Middle Ages, describing how men and women approached agriculture, animals, the weather, the woodlands, the ocean, their medical kn...
Examines what daily life was like for ordinary citizens during the Middle Ages, describing how men and women approached agriculture, animals, the weather, the woodlands, the ocean, their medical knowledge, burial rites, and other social, cultural, and intellectual aspects of life.
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- Creator
- Robert Fossier ; translated by Lydia G. Cochrane
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- xii, 384 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780691143125, 0691154317, 140083614X, 1282645099, 9781282645097, 9786612645099, 9781400836147, 0691143129
- OCLC
- ocn650876244, ocn979968500, ocn511620552
- Translated from the French.
- pt. 1. Man and the world. Naked man : A fragile creature ; But a threatened creature -- The ages of life : From the child to the man : Man in his private life ; Man, woman, and the others ; The workplace ; The end of life -- Nature : The weather ; Fire and water ; The products of the earth ; The trees and the forest -- And the animals? : Man and beast ; Knowing and understanding ; Utilize and destroy -- pt. 2. Man in himself. Man in himself : Living in a group ; Precautions and deviations -- Knowledge : The innate ; Acquisitions ; Expression -- 7. And the soul : Good and evil ; Faith and salvation