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

Lacey, Robert; Danzinger, Danny; Danziger, Danny

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0783887906 ISBN 13: 9780783887906

Publisher: G K Hall & Co, 1999

Synopsis

A survey of life in England in 1000 A.D. reveals how various people viewed the end of the millenium and what their daily lives were like.

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From the Back Cover:

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 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: G K Hall & Co
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0783887906
• ISBN 13: 9780783887906
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 263