The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium: An Englishman's World
Lacey, Robert; Danziger, Danny
ISBN 10: 0316511579 ISBN 13: 9780316511575
Editorial: Little, Brown Paperbacks, 2000
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Descripción:
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Sinopsis:
A colorful, illuminating, and accurate survey of life in 1000 AD reveals how various people viewed the close of a thousand years, how they envisioned the next millennium, and what their daily lives were like. Reprint.
De la contraportada: AS THE SHADOW OF THE MILLENNIUM DESCENDED ACROSS ENGLAND AND CHRISTENDOM, IT SEEMED AS IF THE WORLD WAS ABOUT TO END. ACTUALLY, IT WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING . . .
WELCOME TO THE YEAR 1000.
THIS IS WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE.
How clothes were fastened in a world without buttons, p. 10
The rudiments of medieval brain surgery, p. 124
The first millennium's Bill Gates, p. 192
How dolphins forecasted weather, p. 140
The recipe for a medieval form of Viagra, p. 126
Body parts a married woman had to forfeit if she committed adultery, p. 171
The fundamental rules of warfare, p. 154
How fried and crushed black snails could improve your health, p. 127
And much more...
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Título: The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the ...
Editorial: Little, Brown Paperbacks
Año de publicación: 2000
Encuadernación: Paperback
Condición: Very Good
Condición de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket