Medieval People
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
In an age when history was written about kings and conquests, Eileen Power turned her gaze upon the forgotten majority — the peasant toiling in frozen fields, the merchant navigating treacherous trade routes, the abbess wielding quiet authority behind convent walls. Medieval People presents six vivid biographical portraits drawn from the Middle Ages, reconstructing the texture of everyday life with a scholar's precision and a storyteller's grace. Power chronicles the lives of figures ranging from a ninth-century Frankish peasant to Marco Polo and the English housewife of the fifteenth century, grounding grand historical forces in the intimate details of work, faith, and survival. First published in 1924 and enduring as a landmark of popular medieval scholarship, this Folio Society edition — introduced by the distinguished French historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie — stands as a testament to Power's revolutionary approach to social history. Her prose carries a rare warmth and accessibility, inviting readers into a world at once alien and achingly recognisable. A pioneer of the Annales school of thought before such a school had a name, Power reminds us that civilisations are not built by monarchs alone — and the lives she illuminates here have never been more compellingly told.
Author: Eileen Power
Format: Hardback
Published: 1999, The Folio Society
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
In an age when history was written about kings and conquests, Eileen Power turned her gaze upon the forgotten majority — the peasant toiling in frozen fields, the merchant navigating treacherous trade routes, the abbess wielding quiet authority behind convent walls. Medieval People presents six vivid biographical portraits drawn from the Middle Ages, reconstructing the texture of everyday life with a scholar's precision and a storyteller's grace. Power chronicles the lives of figures ranging from a ninth-century Frankish peasant to Marco Polo and the English housewife of the fifteenth century, grounding grand historical forces in the intimate details of work, faith, and survival. First published in 1924 and enduring as a landmark of popular medieval scholarship, this Folio Society edition — introduced by the distinguished French historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie — stands as a testament to Power's revolutionary approach to social history. Her prose carries a rare warmth and accessibility, inviting readers into a world at once alien and achingly recognisable. A pioneer of the Annales school of thought before such a school had a name, Power reminds us that civilisations are not built by monarchs alone — and the lives she illuminates here have never been more compellingly told.