Chaucer's people : everyday lives in medieval England / Liza Picard
2017, First Edition. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, somewhat dust-dulled and edge-nicked dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #478503
Physical description; xxiv, 341 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-326) and index. Contents; Country Life -- Wife of Bath -- Ploughman -- Miller -- Reeve -- Franklin -- City Life -- 'Mine Host' -- Merchant -- Five Guildsmen: the Haberdasher, the Carpenter, the Weaver, the Dyer and the Tapicer -- Cook -- Doctor of Physic -- Sergeant of the Law -- Summoner -- Manciple -- Religious Life -- Monk -- Prioress -- Friar -- Pardoner -- Clerk of Oxenford -- Coda: the Canon and his Yeoman -- Poor Parson -- Armed Services -- Knight -- Squire -- Yeoman -- Shipman. Subjects; Chaucer, Geoffrey (1340?-1400). Canterbury tales. England Social life and customs 1066-1485. England Social conditions 1066-1485. Civilization, Medieval 14th century. Picard, Liza (1927-2022).
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