Medieval Workbook

Title: Medieval Workbook
Author: Madeleine Pelner Cosman
E: 1701800
ISBN: 9780816030217
Publisher: Facts on File
Published: 1996
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 294
Section: History | Europe | Medieval
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: This concise handbook defines some 4,000 medieval terms and expressions from art and architecture, sex and science, costume and cookery, literature and magic, liturgy and astrology, warfare and ceremony.

A real companion to medieval culture, the book also includes general concepts central to medieval thinking, such as allegory, polyphony, and numerology, and 80 elegant illustrations.