Medieval Life

by Roberta Gilchrist (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-1843837220

ISBN-10: 1843837226

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The aim of this book is to explore how medieval life was actually lived - how people were born and grew old, how they dressed, how they inhabited their homes, the rituals that gave meaning to their lives and how they prepared for death and the afterlife. Its fresh and original approach uses archaeological evidence to reconstruct the material practices of medieval life, death and the afterlife. Previous historical studies of the medieval -lifecycle- begin with birth and end with death. Here, in contrast, the concept of life course theory is developed for the first time in a detailed archaeological case study. The author argues that medieval Christian understanding of the -life course- commenced with conception and extended through the entirety of life, to include death and the afterlife. Five thematic case studies present the archaeology of medieval England (c.1050-1540 CE) in terms of the body, the household, the parish church and cemetery, and the relationship between the lives of people and objects.A wide range of sources is critically employed: osteology, costume, material culture, iconography and evidence excavated from houses, churches and cemeteries in the medieval English town and countryside. Medieval Life reveals theintimate and everyday relations between age groups, between the living and the dead, and between people and things.

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Hardcover: 360 pages
Publisher: Boydell Press (July 18, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1843837226
ISBN-13: 978-1843837220
Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.9 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,896,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1605 in Books > Textbooks > Social Sciences > Archaeology
- #4407 in Books > History > Europe > Great Britain > England
- #4789 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Archaeology

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A wonderful, eye-opening book

By Amazon Customer on August 5, 2015

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A wonderful, eye-opening book. Everyone interested in medieval England should read it. It kept me turning pages as if it were a novel; I read it in 2 sittings. It's scattered with very useful illustrations, including some nice colored ones, and has several interesting appendices. But most of all, it's a very revealing survey of how archaeological investigation can undergird our understanding of the rhythms of daily life. Wait till you get to the section of what surviving leather shoes can tell us. It's written without academic jargon and has a confident command of a lot of secondary literature relevant to how people aged from birth to death, how they ate, lived, and prayed. I think this is an important work.

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By Susan Rigby on August 21, 2014

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