The Year 1000
What Life Was Like At the Turn of the First Millennium
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Author
Publication
1999 - Little, Brown and Company, UK
Language
English
Word Count
57,500 words, Guess
Page Count
230 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10428025M
- ISBN-139780316643757
- ISBN-100316643750
- OCLC Control Number39859978
- OCLC Control Numberyearwhatlifewasl00robe
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number98031254
- Goodreads795417
- LibraryThing62609
Classifications
- LCCDA152.2 .L33 1999
Description
Presents what life was like in the year 1000 for an Englishman. The Year 1000 is a vivid and surprising portrait of life in England a thousand years ago - a world that already knew brain surgeons and property developers and, yes, even the occasional gossip columnist. Uncovering such wonderfully unexpected details, authors Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger bring this distant world closer than it has ever been before. How did people survive without sugar? How did monks communicate if they were not allowed to speak? Why was July called "the hungry month"? The Year 1000 answers these questions and reveals such secrets as the recipe for a medieval form of Viagra and a hallucinogenic treat called "crazy bread.". In the spirit of modern investigative journalism, Lacey and Danziger interviewed the top historians and archaeologists. Research led them to an ancient and little-known document of the period, the Julius Work Calendar, a sharply observed guide that takes us back in time to a charming and very human world of kings and revelers, saints and slave laborers, lingering paganism and profound Christian faith.
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