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Medieval Woman

Village Life in the Middle Ages

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A history of peasants in the Middle Ages, the story takes the listener into the life of Marion, the carpenter's wife, and her extended family as they struggle to survive through hardship, featuring a year in their lives at the mercy of the weather and the Lord of the Manor.

Existing without soap, paper or glass and only with the most basic of tools, we learn how they survive starvation, sickness, fire and natural disaster in their home on the edge of the Weald.

©1998 Ann Baer (P)2017 Audible, Ltd Fiction Historical Fiction Middle Ages Thought-Provoking Inspiring Survival Middle Ages Fiction
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didn't expect it to be written like a diary but the detail was fantastic. really brought the era to life.

brilliantly written and narrated. Didn't expect i

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I was devastated when it ended... I just wanted to know what's next... how did the winter go, how does Alice progress, does Peterkin grow up to manage with his issues? And 1000 more questions besides... Please tell me there will be another book to tell the next years!

Utterly brilliant

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I was able to visualize the details with exact precision. The facts of medieval life presented in a manner that gave me a greater aporeciation for my 21st century existence.

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A detailed account of rural medieval life concerntrating on one woman anf her family in a non specified year, ( but i imagine life didn't change much down the decades, ) a pretty relentless round of domestic chores, the vagaries of diet during the year, small and larger tragedies interspersed with the occasional village celebration. My only criticism was that the reader was rather well spoken for most of the characters but that was a small point. Certainly seemed well researched and gave a sense of the precariousness and mundanity of the average peasants life though also a few celebrations of small pleasures .

Following the year in a peasant woman's life

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This is a lovely book, as medieval Marion describes her daily life and surroundings.

The life of a rural Manor and people

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