The Year 1000 : What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium : An Englishman's World - Softcover

Lacey, Robert; Danziger, Danny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316511579 ISBN 13: 9780316511575

Publisher: Back Bay Books, 2000

Synopsis

As the Shadow of the Millennium Descended Across England and Christendom, it Seemed as if the World was About to End. Actually, it was Only the Beginning... Welcome to the Year 1000. This is What Life was Like. How clothes were fastened in a world without buttons, p.10 The rudiments of medieval brain surgery, p.124 The first millennium's Bill Gates, p.192 How dolphins forecasted weather, p.140 The recipe for a medieval form of Viagra, p.126 Body parts a married woman had to forfeit if she committed adultery, p.171 The fundamental rules of warfare, p.154 How fried and crushed black snails could improve your health, p.127 And much more...

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Lacey is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty books, including The Queen; Ford: The Men and the Machine; The Year 1000; and Inside the Kingdom. He lives in London.

Danny Damziger was brought up in England and America. Now an award- winning columnist for "The Sunday Times, " he is the author of eight books, including the bestselling "Eton Voices" and "The Year 1000." He is currently writing a book on the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

About this edition

• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0316511579
• ISBN 13: 9780316511575
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240