{"product_id":"chaucers-people-everyday-lives-in-medieval-england-hardcover","title":"Chaucer's People: Everyday Lives in Medieval England - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLiza Picard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the surviving records of fourteenth-century England, Geoffrey Chaucer's poetry is the most vivid. Chaucer wrote about everyday people outside the walls of the English court--men and women who spent days at the pedal of a loom, or maintaining the ledgers of an estate, or on the high seas. In \u003cem\u003eChaucer's People\u003c\/em\u003e, Liza Picard transforms \u003cem\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/em\u003e into a masterful guide for a gloriously detailed tour of medieval England, from the mills and farms of a manor house to the lending houses and Inns of Court in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eChaucer's People\u003c\/em\u003e we meet again the motley crew of pilgrims on the road to Canterbury. Drawing on a range of historical records such as the Magna Carta, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Margery Kempe\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCookery in English\u003c\/em\u003e, Picard puts Chaucer's characters into historical context and mines them for insights into what people ate, wore, read, and thought in the Middle Ages. What can the Miller, \"big...of brawn and eke of bones\" tell us about farming in fourteenth-century England? What do we learn of medieval diets and cooking methods from the Cook? With boundless curiosity and wit, Picard re-creates the religious, political, and financial institutions and customs that gave order to these lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 26, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772401942816,"sku":"9781324002291","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/18d4a92c0c3deb48c2f513b3630955bf.webp?v=1780404845","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/chaucers-people-everyday-lives-in-medieval-england-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}