- Manners, Customs and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period
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Lacroix, Paul
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A comprehensive and detailed account of medieval life and culture in France, with reference to other parts of Europe, including chapters on private life, food, hunting, games and pastimes, costume, privileges and rights, justice, commerce, finance, and punishments. The online text of the book has over 400 contemporary illustrations.
Warning: Sections 27 and 28, Punishments, may be disturbing to those of a sensitive disposition.
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- Chapters
- Preface
- Condition of Persons and Lands, Part 1
- Condition of Persons and Lands, Part 2
- Privileges and Rights (Feudal and Municipal), Part 1
- Privileges and Rights (Feudal and Municipal), Part 2
- Private Life in the Castles, the Towns, and the Rural Districts, Part 1
- Private Life in the Castles, the Towns, and the Rural Districts, Part 2
- Private Life in the Castles, the Towns, and the Rural Districts, Part 3
- Private Life in the Castles, the Towns, and the Rural Districts, Part 4
- Food and Cookery, Part 1
- Food and Cookery, Part 2
- Food and Cookery, Part 3
- Food and Cookery, Part 4
- Food and Cookery, Part 5
- Food and Cookery, Part 6
- Hunting, Part 1
- Hunting, Part 2
- Games and Pastimes, Part 1
- Games and Pastimes, Part 2
- Commerce
- Guilds and Trade Corporations
- Taxes, Money, and Finance, Part 1
- Taxes, Money, and Finance, Part 2
- Law and the Administration of Justice, Part 1
- Law and the Administration of Justice, Part 2
- Secret Tribunals, Part 1
- Secret Tribunals, Part 2
- Punishments, Part 1
- Punishments, Part 2
- Jews
- Gipsies, Tramps, Beggars, and Cours des Miracles, Part 1
- Gipsies, Tramps, Beggars, and Cours des Miracles, Part 2
- Ceremonials, Part 1
- Ceremonials, Part 2
- Costumes, Part 1
- Costumes, Part 2
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