This book allows us to explore a popular fantasy. If we could go back in time to the Middle Ages, what would we want to be? A knight in shining armor? A princess in a silken gown? Most people's lives were far less glamorous but just as fascinating. Barbers cut off beards ... and sickly limbs; gong farmers cleaned out latrines ... and sorted through the excrement for dropped buttons or pennies. This fascinating and original guide presents 100 careers, described with historical accuracy and the author's renowned wit! Sidebars expound on intriguing elements of medieval life, including the Bayeux Tapestry, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, medieval cosmetics, and torture techniques! The art provides the reader with further opportunities to have fun and learn.

 

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Annick Press Ltd .

Martha Newbigging is a graphic designer, web designer, and children's book illustrator. Priscilla Galloway is a witty and scholarly writer, storyteller and educator whose work has received numerous awards. This is the fourth title in the acclaimed "Tales of Ancient Lands" series, following "Aleta and the Queen: A Tale of Ancient Greece"; "Atalanta, The Fastest Runner in the World"; and "Daedalus and the Minotaur. "