Folio Society : MEDIEVAL PEOPLE By EILEEN POWER , ILLUSTRATED , AS NEW !

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THE FOLIO SOCIETY MEDIEVAL PEOPLEby EILEEN POWER Introduced by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie Medieval People is an account of the lives of six individuals who lived during the Middle Ages: a Frankish peasant; Marco Polo, the Venetian traveler; Madame Eglentyne, prioress of Chaucer's Cantervury Tales; a middle-class Parisian housewife; two English merchants, one engaged in the wool trade and the other in Essex clothier. The author has illustrated various aspects of social life of the era by drawing on such sources as account books, diaries, letters, records, and wills. A previously unpublished essay by Eileen Power has been added to the present edition. Entitled "The Precursors," it describes the barbarian conquest of Rome. 253 pp. Condition : AS NEW IN SLIP C ASE. BOOK SELLERS SINCE 1980 CHANSON EN BLU