A great book for a history nut like me. I love the details and how Ian Mortimer illustrated the medieval times. I felt that I was on some kind of a guided tour, only that people couldn't see me. I was an invisible bystander with an audio guide. Fascinating times in history, but naturally, only so si...
An excellent overview of England in the 14th century in the form of a guidebook. Overall it was very readable and entertaining, although some diagrams might have been useful in the clothing and fashion discussions since I wasn't always sure what the author meant. There were pictures but they were al...
I picked up this book because I thought it might include useful details for some writing that I am doing which is set in the late 15th century. My copy does not have the subtitle, "A Handbook for Visitors to the FOURTEENTH Century" on the front, as is shown. After some initial disappointment that th...
Ian Mortimer's "Time-Traveller's Guides" to medieval or Elizabethan England are both enjoyable and informative, and both are organized like travel guides: "what to see," "what to eat," etc. I enjoyed all of the medieval guide, but was most fascinated by the chapter "what to wear." I learned a gre...
Καλογραμμένο και πλήρες, μόνο που στην εικόνα που έχουμε για την εποχή δεν έχει τελικά να προσθέσει και πολλά πράγματα, μόνο να συγκεντρώσει και να κάνει μια πλήρη περιγραφή όλων των τομέων της ζωής τότε.Έξυπνο το εύρημα της περιγραφής σαν ταξιδιωτικός οδηγός.
A book that would be a late 20th century/Early 21st century persons guide to what it would be like to vist the 14th century. Well mostly if you're male. There's scant information about the lives of women in this period and this really doesn't offer much of what's available. The guide is a tad bia...
A sort of Baedeker or Lonely Planet guide to what you'd see, hear, taste, and oh yes, smell (always good to know) on a journey though medieval England. What I knew about the English middle ages came largely from historical novels, learning a bit of middle English in college, and reading my Chaucer (...
Really 4.5 stars.Because this book is such a tantalizing glimpse into the real lives of people in 14th century England it has inspired me to do something that my university lecturers couldn't, and that is to actually read The Canterbury Tales. It's now officially my special project for next year. ...
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