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Author:

Kerns, Ann, 1959-

Title:

Did castles have bathrooms? : and other questions about the Middle Ages / Ann Kerns ; illustrations by Colin W. Thompson.

Publisher:

Lerner Publications,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

40 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Middle Ages--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Europe--History--476-1492--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Europe--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Civilization, Medieval--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Thompson, Colin W., ill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 39) and index.

Contents:

Are the Middle Ages the same as the Dark Ages? -- Did medieval knights really joust? -- Did people in medieval England talk as we do? -- Did King Arthur really rule England during the Middle Ages? -- Did most people die very young during the Middle Ages? -- Is it true that most people couldn't read or write in the Middle Ages? -- Did a terrible plague really kill millions during the Middle Ages? -- Did Robin Hood really steal from the rich and give to the poor? -- Is it true that kids in the Middle Ages married when they were only twelve? -- Did castles have bathrooms? -- Did knights begin the custom of shaking hands? -- Did a knight in armor weigh so much that he had to be lifted onto his horse? -- Did medieval castles really have moats and drawbridges to keep enemies out? -- Is it true that most medieval people never traveled more than a few miles from home? -- Were medieval peasants slaves? -- Did medieval barbers really double as dentists? -- Did medieval kings make people into knights by tapping them with a sword?

Series:

Is that a fact?

ISBN:

0761349154 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
9780761349150 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)477272128

LCCN:

2009050429

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

NHPD993 -- Belmond Public Library (Belmond)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

MWPB943 -- Dayton Public Library (Dayton)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

TAPB572 -- Fairfax Public Library (Fairfax)

NPPA983 -- Kinney Memorial Library (Hanlontown)

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)