Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages, and During the Renaissance Period

An indespensible book for those with a burning interest in the Renaissance and Medeival periods. With 192 pages, with 453 woodcut illustrations from the period, and more than 200 pages of scholarly text on all aspects of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in Europe; clothing and dress, food, entertainment, religion, law and punishment, attitudes towards minorities such as the Gyspsies, Jews, and the disabled, farming, hunting, crafts and industry. This is a complete history, fully illustrated, and printed with decorative fonts.