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Testo di assaggio

Life in a Medieval City

Joseph and Frances Gies

To
Jane Sturman Gies
and
Frances Gibson Carney

Nos ignoremus quid sit matura senectus,
scire aevi meritum, non numerare decet.

Contents

Illustrations

Maps

Prologue

1. Troyes: 1250

2. A Burgher’s Home

3. A Medieval Housewife

4. Childbirth and Children

5. Weddings and Funerals

6. Small Business

7. Big Business

8. The Doctor

9. The Church

10. The Cathedral

11. School and Scholars

12. Books and Authors
...to establish himself was in a Roman administrative center, usually a former legionary camp. The new clerical establishments required the services of a secular population of farmers and craftsmen. A new word described these episcopal towns—cité (city)—a derivation of the Latin civitas that usually took on the meaning of a populated place inside walls.

As the power of the Roman Empire faltered, local Roman officials lost their authority, creating a vacuum that was filled by Christian bishops.
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