Chaucer's world. Ed. by Clair C. Olson and Martin M. Crow. Illus. selected by Margaret Rickert.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Columbia Univ. Press, 1948.Description: xxi, 456 p. illus., port. 24 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 914.2
LOC classification:
  • DA220 .R5
Contents:
The city -- The citizens' homes -- London's streets and streams -- Buying and selling -- Law courts and prisoners in the city -- The pageantry of London -- Keeping the city -- The soul of the city -- Making the home -- Family life -- The family's food -- Bringing up the children -- Precepts on conduct -- Apprenticeship -- Making provisions for education -- The boy at school -- University life -- Service in royal and noble households -- Knightly adventure -- Law and government -- The art of healing -- Commerce and banking -- Craftmanship -- Agriculture -- Crooks who live by their wits -- Tournaments and feats of arms -- Sports -- Games of skill and chance -- Minstrelsy -- Processions and feasts -- Convivial life -- On the road -- Lodgings by the way -- Going on pilgrimage -- Journeys on the king's business -- Private travel beyond the seas -- Making preparation -- Maintaining garrisons -- Battles and military expeditions -- War's aftermath -- The rich -- The poor -- Church and churchmen -- Personal religion -- Devotional gilds -- The burial rites -- The tomb -- Mourning -- Provision for the soul.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks DA220.R5 1 Available 33710000503487

Bibliography: p. [425]-432.

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The city -- The citizens' homes -- London's streets and streams -- Buying and selling -- Law courts and prisoners in the city -- The pageantry of London -- Keeping the city -- The soul of the city -- Making the home -- Family life -- The family's food -- Bringing up the children -- Precepts on conduct -- Apprenticeship -- Making provisions for education -- The boy at school -- University life -- Service in royal and noble households -- Knightly adventure -- Law and government -- The art of healing -- Commerce and banking -- Craftmanship -- Agriculture -- Crooks who live by their wits -- Tournaments and feats of arms -- Sports -- Games of skill and chance -- Minstrelsy -- Processions and feasts -- Convivial life -- On the road -- Lodgings by the way -- Going on pilgrimage -- Journeys on the king's business -- Private travel beyond the seas -- Making preparation -- Maintaining garrisons -- Battles and military expeditions -- War's aftermath -- The rich -- The poor -- Church and churchmen -- Personal religion -- Devotional gilds -- The burial rites -- The tomb -- Mourning -- Provision for the soul.