Publisher's Synopsis
Eleven essays by internationally-known medievalists are assembled in this book with the aim of creating a panoramic picture of medieval society from Florence to Paris and Seville to Warsaw and bringing to life clerics, craftsmen, burghers, beggars, warriors, intellectuals, nobility, prostitutes, peasants and others.;The editor's previous books include "The Civilization of Medieval Europe", "The Birth of Purgatory" and "Time, Work and Culture in the Middle Ages".
