The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World
Lacey, Robert
ISBN 10: 0316511579 ISBN 13: 9780316511575
Published by Back Bay Books, 2000
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A colorful, illuminating, and accurate survey of life in Christendom in 1000 AD reveals how various people viewed the close of a thousand years, how they envisioned the next millennium, and what their daily lives were like.
As the Shadow of the Millennium Descended Across England and Christendom, it Seemed as if the World was About to End. Actually, it was Only the Beginning ... Welcome to the Year 1000.
This is What Life was Like. How clothes were fastened in a world without buttons, p.10 The rudiments of medieval brain surgery, p.124 The first millennium's Bill Gates, p.192 How dolphins forecasted weather, p.140 The recipe for a medieval form of Viagra, p.126 Body parts a married woman had to forfeit if she committed adultery, p.171 The fundamental rules of warfare, p.154 How fried and crushed black snails could improve your health, p.127 And much more ...
From the Back Cover: AS THE SHADOW OF THE MILLENNIUM DESCENDED ACROSS ENGLAND AND CHRISTENDOM, IT SEEMED AS IF THE WORLD WAS ABOUT TO END. ACTUALLY, IT WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING . . .
WELCOME TO THE YEAR 1000.
THIS IS WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE.
How clothes were fastened in a world without buttons, p. 10
The rudiments of medieval brain surgery, p. 124
The first millennium's Bill Gates, p. 192
How dolphins forecasted weather, p. 140
The recipe for a medieval form of Viagra, p. 126
Body parts a married woman had to forfeit if she committed adultery, p. 171
The fundamental rules of warfare, p. 154
How fried and crushed black snails could improve your health, p. 127
And much more...
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Title: The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the ...
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good