The time traveller's guide to medieval England
Subtitle: a handbook for visitors to the fourteenth century
By: Ian Mortimer
Edition: 1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781439112892; 9781439149140
Subjects: Social conditions; Social life and customs; History
Description: A time machine has just transported you back to the fourteenth century. What do you see? How do you dress? Where will you stay? How do you earn a living and how much are you paid? What sort of food will you be offered by a peasant or a monk or a lord? This is not your typical look at a historical period. This radical new approach shows us that the past is not just something to be studied; it is also something to be lived. All facets of the everyday lives of serf, merchant, and aristocrat in this fascinating period are revealed, from the horrors of the plague and war to the ridiculous excesses of roasted larks and medieval haute couture.--From publisher description.
Notes: Originally published: London : Bodley Head, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.