| Description |
xii, 384 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1: Man and the world -- Naked man -- The ages of life -- Nature -- And the animals? -- 2: Man in himself -- Man in himself -- Knowledge -- And the soul. |
| Summary |
In The Axe and the Oath, one of the world's leading medieval historians presents a compelling picture of daily life in the Middle Ages as it was experienced by ordinary people. Writing for general readers, Robert Fossier vividly describes how these vulnerable people confronted life, from birth to death, including childhood, marriage, work, sex, food, illness, religion, and the natural world. While most histories of the period focus on the ideas and actions of the few who wielded power and stress how different medieval people were from us, Fossier concentrates on the other nine-tenths of humanity in the period and concludes that "medieval man is us."--Book jacket. |
| Language |
Translated from the French. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Medieval.
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Middle Ages.
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Europe -- Social life and customs.
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Europe -- Social conditions -- To 1492.
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| Added Title |
Ces gens du Moyen Âge. English
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| ISBN |
9780691143125 cloth alkaline paper |
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0691143129 cloth alkaline paper |
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