Medieval Life: Archaeology and the Life Course

by Roberta Gilchrist

Book Overview

The aim of this book is to explore how medieval life was actually lived - how people were born and grew old, how they dressed, how they inhabited their homes, the rituals that gave meaning to their lives and how they prepared for death and the afterlife.
Its fresh and original approach uses archaeological evidence to reconstruct the material practices of medieval life, death and the afterlife. Previous historical studies of the medieval...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783273062
• ISBN13: 9781783273065
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.6"