This is one in a series of books which presents facts about various periods in history through the use of a fictional tabloid newspaper. The Medieval Messenger depicts in lurid detail the terrors and triumphs of the Middle Ages.

 

This book is part of a book series called Newspaper Histories .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1996 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Paul Dowswell trained as a historian and teacher. He is now a freelance writer and editor.

This book has the following chapters: Part 1 News: Dark Ages over!; crusaders special; keyhole surgeon faces lockup; dead Genghis in bloodbath horror; French play dirty at Chateau Gaillard; mystery plague rocks Europe; Wat's got what? Wat Tyler gets terminated; horoscope and messenger comment. Part 2 Features: food - fat food for fast days; farming - the sheep are taking over; religion - what's new at the Spanish inquisition; superstitions - don't walk under that ladder!, how superstitious are you?; heraldry - is your quartered escutcheon purfled and hurty?; etiquette - Mistress Manners answers your earnest queries; literary - which is best, parchment or paper?; business - loaves in number fiasco; messenger personal columns - your chance to meet Master or Mistress Right; games galore! - win a pilgrimage with our fabulous spot the battle axe competition!!.