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Paris In The Middle Ages by Simone Roux

Where some historians delight in imaginative retellings og the past Roux follows the strictest rigour in using only primary textual sources. Yet such is her skill that she brings the city to life. Roux begins with the physical city of Paris surrounded by its walls, or the enceinte, first begun in 1190 and then enlarged several times in later years. From there she moves on to the city’s people: the hierarchies and the social, political and ecclesiastical figures that connected and divided them. And finally, Roux describes day-to-day life: how people lived and worked, what they ate and wore, their relationships and friendships. The details she elicits offer a fascinating, varied picture, from a street brawl where two neighbours beat one another with bread to an extravagant gown belonging to the Duke of Orleans, covered with the notes and lyrics of a love song stitched out in pearls. Illuminations from contemporary manuscripts depict Paris, dominated by the bulk of Notre-Dame. In details of these we see, amongst others, a money-changer, a picklock, a watchman, and a ferryman bringing a boatload of melons to the city.

With illuminations from contemporary manuscripts, an improved translation, and a new map and index, this edition lights up Paris’ past.

Features;

• Folio Society First Impression
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 2014
• Navy Blue Buckram with Printed Paper Panel Hardback, 298 pp
• Printed map endpapers. A frontispiece with colour and pages of colour and black &a white plates, these including illuminations from contemporary manuscripts depicting Paris.
• Size 245 x 165mm, 1.2kg

Condition: Fine – Superb Unmarked Copy

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