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The Senses In Late Medieval England
C. M. Woolgar
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Description for The Senses In Late Medieval England
Paperback. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 20. Weight in Grams: 663.
Crucial to an understanding of life in the past is an appreciation of how individuals perceived their world. This book captures the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures of the late medieval period to recreate and explain the kinds of lives lived then. Based on a wide range of sources, from saints' lives, collections of miracles, and literary works to domestic financial records and the remains of buildings, the book reveals a physical experience unlike our own. And it was a world that thought differently, one in which the luster of a color might be more important than its hue, and ... Read more
Crucial to an understanding of life in the past is an appreciation of how individuals perceived their world. This book captures the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures of the late medieval period to recreate and explain the kinds of lives lived then. Based on a wide range of sources, from saints' lives, collections of miracles, and literary works to domestic financial records and the remains of buildings, the book reveals a physical experience unlike our own. And it was a world that thought differently, one in which the luster of a color might be more important than its hue, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300206050
SKU
V9780300206050
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About C. M. Woolgar
C. M. Woolgar is reader and head of special collections at the University of Southampton Library. He is the author of The Great Household in Late Medieval England, published by Yale University Press.
Reviews for The Senses In Late Medieval England
'A fascinating and wide-ranging book which opens up the subject in a new way. Thoroughly readable.'
Michael Prestwich
Michael Prestwich