The Year 1000

LACEY,R

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Author
LACEY,R
Publish Date
04/01/2000
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
HACHTT
Subtitle
What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium
Number of Pages
240
Edition
unknown
ISBN-10
0316511579
ISBN-13
9780316511575
SKU
9780316511575

Description

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...