Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages, and During the Renaissance Period

Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages, and During the Renaissance Period
by Paul Lacroix

Publisher: D. Appleton 1874
ISBN/ASIN: 1616081929
Number of pages: 660

Description:
From the table of contents: Disorganization of the West at the beginning of the Middle Ages; Elements of feudalism; Private life in the castles, the towns, and the rural districts; Food and cookery; Hunting; Games and pastimes; Commerce; Guilds and trade corporations; Taxes, money, and finance; Law and the administration of justice; Secret tribunals; Refinements of penal cruelty; Tortures for different purposes; Jews; Gypsies, tramps, beggars, and cours des miracles; Ceremonials; Costumes.