| The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium: An Englishman's World Contributor(s): Lacey, Robert (Author), Danziger, Danny (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316511579 ISBN-13: 9780316511575 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: AS THE SHADOW OF THE MILLENNIUM DESCENDED ACROSS ENGLAND AND CHRISTENDOM, IT SEEMED AS IF THE WORLD WAS ABOUT TO END. ACTUALLY, IT WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING . . . WELCOME TO THE YEAR 1000. THIS IS WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE. How clothes were fastened in a world without buttons, p. 10 The rudiments of medieval brain surgery, p. 124 The first millennium's Bill Gates, p. 192 How dolphins forecasted weather, p. 140 The recipe for a medieval form of Viagra, p. 126 Body parts a married woman had to forfeit if she committed adultery, p. 171 The fundamental rules of warfare, p. 154 How fried and crushed black snails could improve your health, p. 127 And much more... |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 942.01 |
| LCCN: 98031254 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.66" W x 8.22" (0.50 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As the Shadow of the Millennium Descended Across England and Christendom, it Seemed as if the World was About to End. Actually, it was Only the Beginning... Welcome to the Year 1000. This is What Life was Like. How clothes were fastened in a world without buttons, p.10 The rudiments of medieval brain surgery, p.124 The first millennium's Bill Gates, p.192 How dolphins forecasted weather, p.140 The recipe for a medieval form of Viagra, p.126 Body parts a married woman had to forfeit if she committed adultery, p.171 The fundamental rules of warfare, p.154 How fried and crushed black snails could improve your health, p.127 And much more... |