num_pages: 352
description: Past studies of medieval Portugal have focused on such specific themes as political or administrative history and voyages of discovery. Oliveira Marques however has captured the vast spectrum of Portuguese daily life from the twelfth through the fifteenth centuries The whole of medieval society is depicted both on a national scale and more important society as it affected the individual in his everyday activities. Oliveira Marques gives us an engaging and original social history which examines customary meals dress homes work spiritual life even ideas about courtship and love. Medieval Portuguese culture and education amusements and funeral customs are all a part of this portrait.
language: None
title: A Sociedade Medieval Portuguesa: Aspectos de Vida Quotidiana
publisher: Esfera dos Livros