Medieval people / Eileen Power
Series: Doubleday anchor books ; A32Publication details: Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, [1954]Description: 238 p. : ill. ; 18 cmSubject(s): Civilization, MedievalItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Evangelische Theologische Faculteit Leuven Closed stacks 1 | D 127 POWE 1954 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3567800083020% |
Subtitle on front cover: The story of six ordinary lives in the Middle Ages
First published in 1924
Includes bibliographical references and index
Bodo, a Frankish peasant in the time of Charlemagne.--Marco Polo, a Venetian traveller of the thirteenth century.--Madame Eglentyne, Chaucer's prioress in real life.--The Ménagier's wife, a Paris housewife in the fourteenth century.--Thomas Betson, a merchant of the Staple in the fifteenth century.--Thomas Paycocke of Coggeshall, an Essex clothier in the days of Henry VII.