Life in the Middle Ages - From the Seventh to the Thirteenth Century

A comprehensive depiction of life in the earlier Middle Ages that focuses on `everyday history.' By drawing on chronicles, legal documents, and even fiction, Goetz has produced a lively picture of this era, illuminating everyday life as it was conditioned by institutional, physical and social environments. Coverage includes the importance of the family, monasticism, peasant life, the ruling class and the beginnings of urban life...