G G Coulton: 4 books

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton by Geoffrey Chaucer - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature...

This landmark volume attempts to provide a social history of the Middle Ages, and is indispensable to gaining an understanding of the period. Coulton looks at the effects of the Norman Conquest, Norman manners, food and drink, education, clothing, architecture, town life, medicine, justice, and more.

Vivid, eminently readable account by one of the foremost historians of the medieval period provides fascinating insights into the Church's role in village life, the development of towns and use of fields, the growth of chivalry and evolution of knighthood, monasticism, trade, and much more. "...admirable and entirely trustworthy."—Saturday Review.

Renowned medievalist offers exceptionally detailed, comprehensive and vivid picture of medieval peasant life, including nature of serfdom, manorial customs, village discipline, peasant revolts, the Black Death, justice, tithing, games and dance, much more. Much on exploitation of peasant classes. "...a remarkable book..." — Times (London) Literary Supplement.