A reconstruction of an intricate tableau of life in the medieval world, using existing evidence of art and architecture to explore all spheres of life, from the dizzy heights of courtly love to the fields of the humble serf. With major sections on urban, rural and court society, the art and tradition of the church, including detail on leisure, science and new information on the role of women, this book brings to life the imagination, ambitions and everyday realities of the world which formed the foundations of modern western society.

Medieval Britain : The Age of Chivalry

History

Jennifer Laing

Lloyd Robert Laing

World

A&C Black

<p>Indeed, The fifth and sixth century in these areass were not a dark age, but an historical Dawn, since this is precisely the time when documentary evidence starts to become available</p>

Celtic Britain and Ireland, AD 200-800: The Myth of the Dark Ages

Europe

St. Martin's Press/Barnes and Noble

The Picts, the native inhabitants of northern Scotland, who along with their allies & later adversaries, the Scots, immigrants from northern Ireland, harried Roman Britain. In the last 30 years, archaeology has shed new light on both the Picts & the Dalriadic (Scottish) settlement from Ireland. This highly readable account presents the latest archaeological discoveries & discusses the evidence for the relationship between these two peoples, tracing their development from their raids on Roman Britain to the formation of rival Dark Age kingdoms that produced a unique artistic inheritance. Dozens of color & B&W photos & drawings.

Picts and the Scots

Wrens Park Pub.

<p>A tableau of medieval life put together using evidence of art and architecture. With sections on urban, rural and court society, the art and traditions of the Church and the role of women, this book shows the realities of the world which formed the foundations of modern Western society.</p>

Medieval Britain: The Age of Chivalry

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

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Medieval Britain : The Age of Chivalry

Celtic Britain and Ireland, AD 200-800: The Myth of the Dark Ages

Picts and the Scots

Medieval Britain: The Age of Chivalry