Medieval Holidays and Festivals: A Calendar of Celebrations

by Madeleine Pelner Cosman

Book Overview

Describes customs and activities associated with twelve medieval holidays and festivals, from Twelfth Night through Midsummer Eve and Halloween to Christmas. Also includes recipes and instructions for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684171724
• ISBN13: 9780684171722
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Create your own medieval festival!

What fun this book is! With a celebration for every month of the year, costumes, games, decorations and recipes, this book is loaded with all you could want to recreate your own medieval festival. There are patterns for costumes (great for Halloween!), the script for a play, and scattered throughout are tidbits of fascinating information about life in the Middle Ages. Grades 5-adult. Hurry and buy one of the last few used copies available!