Life in a Medieval City Summary
Frances and Joseph Gies

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Life in a Medieval City Summary

Life in a Medieval City provides a hypothetical, though factually researched and historically accurate, day in the life of the city of Troyes, the capital of the Champagne region of what is now modern-day France, in the year 1250. Rather than relying on the normal historical record of royals and wars, the book instead looks at life from an "everyday" perspective.

From Troyes' humble beginnings as a Roman fort, Troyes in 1250 is...

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