Medieval Life - Archaeology and the Life Course

An examination of daily life in the Middle Ages which reveals the intimate relations between age groups, between the living and the dead, and between people and things.

List of contents

Archaeology and the Life Course
Experiencing Age: the Medieval Body
Clothing the Body: Age, Sexuality and Transitional Rites
The Medieval Household: the Material Culture of Everyday Life
The Medieval Church and Cemetery: the Quick and the Dead
Medieval Lives: People and Things
Appendices
Bibliography

About the author

Roberta Gilchrist

Summary

An examination of daily life in the Middle Ages which reveals the intimate relations between age groups, between the living and the dead, and between people and things.

Product details

• Authors: Roberta Gilchrist
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781783273065
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-306-5
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 239 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 546 g
• Illustrations: 18 colour, 36 b/w, 44 line illus.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)