{"product_id":"2940170244171","title":"Chaucer's People: Everyday Lives in Medieval England","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Middle Ages re-created through the cast of pilgrims in \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the surviving records of fourteenth-century England, Geoffrey Chaucer's poetry is the most vivid. Chaucer wrote about everyday people outside the walls of the English court¿men and women who spent days at the pedal of a loom, or maintaining the ledgers of an estate, or on the high seas. In \u003ci\u003eChaucer's People\u003c\/i\u003e, Liza Picard transforms \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e into a masterful guide for a gloriously detailed tour of medieval England, from the mills and farms of a manor house to the lending houses and Inns of Court in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eChaucer's People\u003c\/i\u003e we meet again the motley crew of pilgrims on the road to Canterbury. Drawing on a range of historical records such as the Magna Carta, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Margery Kempe\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCookery in English\u003c\/i\u003e, Picard puts Chaucer's characters into historical context and mines them for insights into what people ate, wore, read, and thought in the Middle Ages. What can the Miller, \"big . . . of brawn and eke of bones\" tell us about farming in fourteenth-century England? What do we learn of medieval diets and cooking methods from the Cook? With boundless curiosity and wit, Picard re-creates the religious, political, and financial institutions and customs that gave order to these lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HighBridge Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150752530672,"sku":"2940170244171","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170244171_p0.jpg?v=1763706136","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170244171","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}