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A Day in a Medieval City by Frugoni, Chiara, 1940-; Frugoni, Arsenio is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Day in a Medieval City about?
An opportunity to experience the daily hustle and bustle of life in the late Middle Ages, A Day in a Medieval City provides a captivating dawn-to-dark account of medieval life. A visual trek through the thirteenth and fourteenth centurieswith seasoned historian and expert on medieval iconography Chiara Frugoni as guidethis book offers a vast array of images and vignettes that depicts the everyday hardships and commonplace pleasures for people living in the Middle Ages. A Day in a Medieval City breathes life into the activities of the city streets, homes, fields, schools, and places of worship. With entertaining anecdotes and gritty details, it engages the modern reader with its discoveries of the religious, economic, and institutional practices of the day. From urban planning and education to child care, hygiene, and the more leisurely pursuits of games, food, books, and superstitions, Frugoni unearths the daily routines of the private and public lives of citizens. A Day in a Medieval City is a charming portal to the Middle Ages that you'll surely want with you on your travels to Europeor in your armchair. With its color illustrations of rare paintings and artifacts, this thoughtfu
Who reads A Day in a Medieval City?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Frugoni, Chiara, 1940-; Frugoni, Arsenio
- Publisher
- The University Of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226266343
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.59 / 5 (52 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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