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Author:

Picard, Liza, 1927- author.

Title:

Chaucer's people : everyday lives in the middle ages / Liza Picard.

Publisher:

Weidenfeld & Nicolsonan imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xxiv, 341 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 20 cm

Subject:

Chaucer, Geoffrey,---1400.--Canterbury tales.
England--Social life and customs--1066-1485.
Civilization, Medieval--14th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-326) and index.

Contents:

Country life -- The Wife of Bath -- The ploughman -- The miller -- The reeve -- The franklin -- City life -- "Mine Host" -- The merchant -- The five guildsmen -- The cook -- The doctor of physic -- The sergeant of the law -- The summoner -- The manciple -- The religious life -- The monk -- The prioress -- The friar -- The pardoner -- The clerk of Oxenford -- The poor person -- The armed services -- The knight -- The squire -- The yeoman -- The shipman.

ISBN:

9781780228907
1780228902

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)