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# Life in a Medieval Village (Medieval Life) Paperback – Illustrated, July 12, 2016

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## Customer Reviews

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    Medieval Life Made Startlingly Familiar
  

*by D***7 on Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2016*

I thought I knew all their was to know about medieval peasants, but had barely scratched the surface. Make no mistake, the Gieses are clear that life was nasty, brutish and full of toil for peasants in the middle ages, but there was quite a bit more to their lives than grinding out a living. Villages were complex systems with carefully maintained responsibilities and officer selected both from above and within. Anyone who thinks that medieval peasants were mindless serfs who did their lord's bidding while Robin Hood-type figures scampered freely through the forest is in for a surprise. A medieval village more closely resembled a modern office than a sloshing pool of ignorant labor. Every job, relationship, piece of property and just about every aspect of life were all accounted for in a system of rights, identities and obligations. The authors do a wonderful job of leveraging the source material, focusing on the town of Elton, its history and inhabitants. Some of its long lists of fines and fees might become a bit tedious for the average reader, though I found this fascinating. Antiquated terms like "woolsilver" (money paid for sheep shearing) and "leirwite" (a fine for fornication!) always peak my interest. Reading the proceedings of the Lord's court, you'll get a much better sense of where his responsibilities began and ended, and what rights he had relative to everyone else. You'll also learn why, if you were a woman in the thirteenth century, you had little chance of being burned as a witch, but were quite likely to be hauled into court for brewing lousy beer. A detailed, but still readable, visit to medieval England, which was more diverse and complicated than I ever imagined.

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    Readable and Absorbing
  

*by S***A on Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2017*

The most amazing thing about this book is that the authors have turned a huge database of concrete facts into a readable, absorbing saga that makes the village of Elton seem almost alive these many centuries later. I wouldn't have predicted that extended discussions of farming techniques, stewards' responsibilities, or manorial court cases would interest me, but I was wrong. The Gieses weave all sorts of tidbits about actual people in with the other data, creating an easy-to-visualize picture of a time and place long gone.  The book includes understandable explanations for archaic concepts, plus frequent doses of dry humor.  I enjoyed every page of Life in a Medieval Village.

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    Eat, Love, Pray & Die in a Village
  

*by A***A on Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2018*

i adore these sorts of books. I’ve read all three ( Castle, Village, Town). This is more readable than the castle one. Great if you are studying medieval history and want to get a “feel” for the social makeup of a place. There is an enormous amount of research in these books. You want to keep these ones as reference, as you just know you will want the information again. I enjoyed this, and I know it does not sound like a book you would “enjoy” as it seems to be a textbook. But I did.

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