Daily Life in Portugal in the Late Middle Ages (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780299055844)

Past studies of medieval Portugal have focused on such specific themes as political or administrative history and voyages of discovery. Oliveira Marques, however, has captured the vast spectrum of Portuguese daily life from the twelfth through the fifteenth centuries The whole of medieval society is depicted, both on a national scale and, more important, society as it affected the individual in his everyday activities. Oliveira Marques gives us an engaging and original social history which examines customary meals, dress, homes, work, spiritual life, even ideas about courtship and love. Medieval Portuguese culture and education, amusements and funeral customs are all a part of this portrait.

Author: A. H. De Oliveira Marques
ISBN-10: 0299055841
ISBN-13: 9780299055844
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Language: English
Published: 03/15/1971
Pages: 372
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 10.78h x 5.70w x 0.94d