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Chargement... Ces gens du moyen âgepar Robert Fossier
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. odd historical work about medieval France Skip this one. I very nearly didn't get beyond the preface, where the author writes "One last word: I have borrowed nearly everything from others, and I do not cite them." There are no citations at all, no bibliography, not even an essay on selected sources. I decided to read on, though ... and shouldn't have. No good from start to finish, and the last few lines are just about as bad as the first ("Simplistic for the erudite, confusing for the student, obscure for the non-reader? I don't know; I felt like saying all this, and that is enough"). GAH. I bought this book based on the description and blurbs on the back. When I began to read it, I found something more like a philosophical examination of some kind of generic types than a description of "ordinary like in the Middle Ages". It was a total waste of money, in my opinion. I have other books that actually deserve the subtitle. This one does not, in my opinion, but there are obviously people who like this sort of thing. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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In The Axe and the Oath, one of the world's leading medieval historians presents a compelling picture of daily life in the Middle Ages as it was experienced by ordinary people. Writing for general readers, Robert Fossier vividly describes how these vulnerable people confronted life, from birth to death, including childhood, marriage, work, sex, food, illness, religion, and the natural world. While most histories of the period focus on the ideas and actions of the few who wielded power and stress how different medieval people were from us, Fossier concentrates on the other nine-tenths of humanity in the period and concludes that "medieval man is us.? Drawing on a broad range of evidence, Fossier describes how medieval men and women encountered, coped with, and understood the basic material facts of their lives. We learn how people related to agriculture, animals, the weather, the forest, and the sea; how they used alcohol and drugs; and how they buried their dead. But The Axe and the Oath is about much more than simply the material demands of life. We also learn how ordinary people experienced the social, cultural, intellectual, and spiritual aspects of medieval life, from memory and imagination to writing and the Church. The result is a sweeping new vision of the Middle Ages that will entertain and enlighten readers. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)940.1History and Geography Europe Europe Medieval 476-1453Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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