A Day in a Medieval City
224 pages
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150 color plates, 1 halftone, 2 line art
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6-1/2 x 9-1/2
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© 2005
An opportunity to experience the daily hustle and bustle of life in the late Middle Ages, A Day in a Medieval City provides a captivating dawn-to-dark account of medieval life. A visual trek through the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries—with seasoned historian and expert on medieval iconography Chiara Frugoni as guide—this book offers a vast array of images and vignettes that depicts the everyday hardships and commonplace pleasures for people living in the Middle Ages.
A Day in a Medieval City breathes life into the activities of the city streets, homes, fields, schools, and places of worship. With entertaining anecdotes and gritty details, it engages the modern reader with its discoveries of the religious, economic, and institutional practices of the day. From urban planning and education to child care, hygiene, and the more leisurely pursuits of games, food, books, and superstitions, Frugoni unearths the daily routines of the private and public lives of citizens. A Day in a Medieval City is a charming portal to the Middle Ages that you'll surely want with you on your travels to Europe—or in your armchair.
A Day in a Medieval City breathes life into the activities of the city streets, homes, fields, schools, and places of worship. With entertaining anecdotes and gritty details, it engages the modern reader with its discoveries of the religious, economic, and institutional practices of the day. From urban planning and education to child care, hygiene, and the more leisurely pursuits of games, food, books, and superstitions, Frugoni unearths the daily routines of the private and public lives of citizens. A Day in a Medieval City is a charming portal to the Middle Ages that you'll surely want with you on your travels to Europe—or in your armchair.
“With its color illustrations of rare paintings and artifacts, this thoughtful and informative, elegantly fashioned excursion into the life of a medieval city is a veritable feast of information and visual delights. Frugoni is a marvelously experienced historical travel guide.”—Choice
“Stunningly beautiful . . . and a good read as well. . . . It’s amazing how much wealth of detail and image Ms. Frugoni has packed into this delightful, relatively small book.”—Steve Goode, Washington Times
“Charming and insightful. . . .Written with exceptional grace and infused with a warm sense of humanity.”—Library Journal
“Stunningly beautiful . . . and a good read as well. . . . It’s amazing how much wealth of detail and image Ms. Frugoni has packed into this delightful, relatively small book.”—Steve Goode, Washington Times
“Charming and insightful. . . .Written with exceptional grace and infused with a warm sense of humanity.”—Library Journal
George Holmes, editor of The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe
"A very well-illustrated, charming, and informative picture by someone who truly knows the sources of real, everyday life in a medieval city."
Library Journal
“Charming and insightful . . . .Written with exceptional grace and infused with a warm sense of humanity.”
History Today
"A captivating dawn-to-dark account of medieval life on the city streets, in homes, fields, schools and places of worship. From urban planning and education to child care, hygiene and the more leisurely pursuits of games, food, books and superstitions, Frugoni unearths the daily routines of the private and public lives of the citizens in Italy."
Steve Goode | Washington Times
"Stunningly beautiful . . . and a good read as well. . . . It's amazing how much wealth of detail and image Ms. Frugoni has packed into this delightful, relatively small book."
Choice
“With its color illustrations of rare paintings and artifacts, this thoughtful and informative, elegantly fashioned excursion into the life of a medieval city is a veritable feast of information and visual delights. Frugoni is a marvelously experienced historical travel guide. The translation is clear and unobtrusive, every page reflecting the author's verve and intellectual curiosity. . . . This is a gem that will appeal to general audiences as well as students and scholars.”
Ken Mondschein | Renaissance Magazine
"Frugoni writes with both an encyclopedic knowledge of history and a native's love of Italy. For those wishing for insight into the medieval world—and who are not afraid to learn the true facts about medieval life—this lavishly illustrated volume is not to be missed."
Bettina Bildhauer | Times Literary Supplement
"Frugoni gathers together a wealth of information about everyday life: about work, shopping, games, clothes, childcare, hygiene, devotion, schooling and sleep. . . . A beautiful picture book, an enticing store of images and anecdotes."
Blue Ridge Business Journal
"Casting ourselves, even briefly, into another time is extremely difficult, but [Frugoni's] prose and her understanding of the commonplace gives A Day in a Medieval City life. This one's a keeper."
Daniel Boice | Catholic Library
"Enjoyable in every way, this fine book is warmly recommended to all academic libraries and interested individuals. Readers will be grateful to the author for this useful book and more grateful still to be living in much more hygienic if far less devout times."
Contents
Author's Note
Translator's Note
Introduction by Arsenio Frugoni (1914-1970)
1. The Time of Labor, the Time of Memory
2. The Road That Leads to the City
3. Inside the City
4. The Lives of Children
5. Childhood Learning
6. Adult Reading
7. Indoors
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Translator's Note
Introduction by Arsenio Frugoni (1914-1970)
1. The Time of Labor, the Time of Memory
2. The Road That Leads to the City
3. Inside the City
4. The Lives of Children
5. Childhood Learning
6. Adult Reading
7. Indoors
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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