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The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages Robert Fossier Hardcover edition
The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages
Robert Fossier
Presenting a picture of daily life in the Middle Ages as it was experienced by ordinary people, this book describes how these vulnerable people confronted life, from birth to death, including childhood, marriage, work, sex, food, illness, religion, and the natural world. It describes how they encountered the basic material facts of their lives.
384 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 22, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691143125 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 384 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 30 mm · 571 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Cochrane, Lydia G. |