02230cam a2200349 4500 388795136 TxAuBib 20090122120000.0 010530s1990||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 89033759 //r963 9780060162153 0060162155 TxAuBib Gies, Frances, 1915-2013. Life in a Medieval Village / Frances and Joseph Gies. 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, 1990. ix, 257 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 233-241. Prologue: Elton -- The Village Emerges -- The English Village: Elton -- The Lord -- The Villagers: Who They Are -- The Villagers: How They Lived -- Marriage and the Family -- The Village at Work -- The Parish -- Village Justice -- The Passing of the Medieval Village. A lively, convincing portrait of rural people at work and at play in the Middle Ages. Focusing on the village of Elton, in the English East Midlands, the Gieses detail the agricultural advances that made communal living possible, explain what domestic life was like for serf and lord alike, and describe the central role of the church in maintaining social harmony. Though the main focus is on Elton, c. 1300, the Gieses supply enlightening historical context on the origin, development, and decline of the European village, itself an invention of the Middle Ages. Meticulously researched, Life in a Medieval Village is a remarkable account that illustrates the captivating world of the Middle Ages and demonstrates what it was like to live during a fascinating--and often misunderstood--era. 20010530. Peasantry England Elton (Cambridgeshire) History. Villages England Elton (Cambridgeshire) History. Social History Medieval, 500-1500. Elton (Cambridgeshire, England) Social conditions. Elton (Cambridgeshire, England) Rural conditions. England Social life and customs 1066-1485. History Europe Middle Ages. Gies, Joseph, 1916-2006.