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This title presents an enthralling account of day-to-day life in a medieval French village. Using records gathered by the Catholic Church in its pursuit of heretics, the book recreates the lives of a rich cast of village characters.
| ISBN | 0140137009 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780140137002
(What's this?) | | Pages | 400 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 276 | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 30 Aug 1990 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Translator | Barbara Bray | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY | 274.4 | | Academic level | General |
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Part 1 The ecology of Montaillou - the house and the shepherd: environment and authority; the domus; a dominant house - the Clergue family; the shepherds; the great migrations; the life of the shepherds in the Pyrenees; the shepherd's mental outlook. Part 2 An archaeology of Montaillou - from body language to myth: body language and sex; the libido of the Clergues; temporary unions; marriage and love; marriage and the condition of women; childhood and other ages in life; death in Montaillou; cultural exchanges; social relationships; concepts of time and space; fate, magic and salvation; religion in practice; morality, wealth and labour; magic and the other world.
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