{"product_id":"life-in-a-mediaeval-city-gb-17848","title":"Life in a Mediæval City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLife in a Mediæval City - Illustrated by York in the XVth Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiddle class of merchant employers; Jews and Italians; professions;\r\nwool trade; trade-guilds; their government; strangers; phases of guild\r\nlife; merchants; apprentices; working hours; trades; artist craftsmen;\r\nmarkets and fairs; overseas trade; money; extracts from ordinances\nThe Church in the Middle Ages; the Church and daily life; merchants\r\nand religion; the Church and education; work of hospitals; priests (at\r\nMinster; parish churches; Archbishop); pluralism; religious orders;\r\nmonastic life; St. Mary's Abbey; Anchorites; other types of religious\r\n(pardoner, palmer, pilgrim); Church services\nIn English history the fifteenth century is the last of the centuries\r\nthat form the Middle Ages, which were preceded by the age of racial\r\nsettlement and followed by that of the great Renaissance. Although the\r\nactive beginnings of this new era are to be observed in the fifteenth\r\ncentury, yet this century belongs essentially to the Middle Ages.\nPerhaps the most attractive feature of the Middle Ages is that they\r\nwere so intensely human. A nave spirit appears in their formal\r\nliterature, as in Chaucer's account of the Canterbury pilgrims, in\r\ntheir decorated religious manuscripts, in their thought, and very\r\ncharacteristically, in their architecture, which combines a simple\r\nnaturalness with a bold and daring ingenuity. From columns, the\r\nconstructional motive of which is so simple and natural, and walls\r\npierced with windows, they erected systems of lofty arches and high\r\nstone-vaulted roofs, the stability of which depended on very skilled\r\nbalancing of thrust and counter-thrust.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 17848 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Benson, Edwin \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Feb 24, 2006 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Benson, Edwin \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43217491755165,"sku":"gb-17848-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/17848.jpg?v=1671434380","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/life-in-a-mediaeval-city-gb-17848","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}