Illustrated with Nineteen Chromolithographic Prints by F. Kellerhoven and upwards of Four Hundred Engravings on Wood.
"The several successive editions of "The Arts of the Middle Ages and Period of the Renaissance" sufficiently testify to its appreciation by the public. The object of that work was to introduce the reader to a branch of learning to which access had hitherto appeared only permitted to the scientific. That attempt, which was a bold one, succeeded too well not to induce us to push our researches further. In fact, art alone cannot acquaint us entirely with an epoch...."
Table of Contents.
Condition of Persons and Lands
Privileges and Rights (Feudal and Municipal)
Private Life in the Castles, the Towns, and the Rural Districts
Food and Cookery
Hunting
Games and Pastimes
Commerce
Guilds and Trade Corporations
Taxes, Money, and Finance
Law and the Administration of Justice
Secret Tribunals
Punishments
Jews
Gipsies, Tramps, Beggars, and Cours des Miracles
Ceremonials
Costumes
Illustrated with Nineteen Chromolithographic Prints by F. Kellerhoven and upwards of Four Hundred Engravings on Wood.
"The several successive editions of "The Arts of the Middle Ages and Period of the Renaissance" sufficiently testify to its appreciation by the public. The object of that work was to introduce the reader to a branch of learning to which access had hitherto appeared only permitted to the scientific. That attempt, which was a bold one, succeeded too well not to induce us to push our researches further. In fact, art alone cannot acquaint us entirely with an epoch...."
Table of Contents.
Condition of Persons and Lands
Privileges and Rights (Feudal and Municipal)
Private Life in the Castles, the Towns, and the Rural Districts
Food and Cookery
Hunting
Games and Pastimes
Commerce
Guilds and Trade Corporations
Taxes, Money, and Finance
Law and the Administration of Justice
Secret Tribunals
Punishments
Jews
Gipsies, Tramps, Beggars, and Cours des Miracles
Ceremonials
Costumes
Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages, and During the Renaissance Period
Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages, and During the Renaissance Period
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| ISBN-13: | 9781605012810 |
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| Publisher: | MobileReference |
| Publication date: | 01/01/2010 |
| Series: | Mobi Classics |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 22 MB |
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