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Bezig met laden... Living in Medieval England: The Turbulent Year of 1326door Kathryn Warner
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This book is well researched and has an abundance of detail. That is also its downside: it is too detailed for pleasant reading. Large parts read as a long list of expenses, names, and other facts. ( ) I thought that this was a meh book. It was very interesting book, but it was not for me, I do appreciate the amount of research that went into the book, and how much detail there is. I also gained a greater appreciation for the English history, and I will dive deeper into the history of England. I got this from Netgalley and the publisher for a honest review geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
A month-by-month account of what life was like for the everyday person just before the Black Plague wiped out most of Europe. 1326 was one of the most dramatic years in English history. The queen of England, Isabella of France, invaded the country with an army of mercenaries to destroy her husband's powerful and detested lover, Hugh Despenser the Younger, and brought down her husband, King Edward II, in the process. It was also a year, however, when the majority of English people carried on living their normal, ordinary lives: Eleyne Glaswreghte ran her own successful glass-making business in London; Jack Cressing the master carpenter repaired the beams in a tower of Kenilworth Castle; Alis Coleman sold her best ale at a penny and a half for a gallon in Byfleet; and Will Muleward made the king "laugh greatly" when he spent time with him at a wedding in Marlborough. England sweltered in one of the hottest, driest summers of the Middle Ages; a whale washed ashore at Walton-on-the-Naze; and the unfortunate John Toly died when he relieved himself out of the window of his London house at midnight, and lost his balance. Living in Medieval England: The Turbulent Year of 1326 tells the true and fascinating stories of the men and women alive in England in this most eventful year, narrated chronologically with a chapter devoted to each month. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)942.036History and Geography Europe England and Wales England Plantagenet 1154-1399 Edward II 1307-27LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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