Aries, Phillippe.
Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life
. New York Vintage Books, 1962.
Deals with the idea of childhood, scholastic life and the family through paintings and diaries.
Bennett, Henry S.
Life on the English Manor
. Cambridge: University Press, 1963:
Study of peasants, 1150 to 1400.
Bloch, Marc.
Feudal Society
. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1961.
Contains information on chivalry.
Buchr, Walter.
Knights
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Castles and Feudal Life
. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1957.
Cantor, Norman F.
Medieval History
. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1963.
Survey that stresses intellectual developments.
Coulton, George G.
The Medieval Scene
. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1959.
Good description of peasant living.
Coulton, George G.
Medieval Village, Manor and Monastery
. Scranton, Pa.: Harper and Row Publishers, 1961.
Life and interaction among three elements of medieval society.
Dawson, Christopher.
The Making of Europe
. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1956.
An introduction to the medieval period from the Roman Empire to the Renaissance.
Furrivall, Frederick J. ed.
The Babees Book
. London: N. Trubner and Co., 1868.
Contains precribed medieval manners and advice concerning society.
Gies, Joseph and Frances.
Life in A Medieval City
. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1973.
Note chapters on medieval housewife, children and small business; set in the city of Troyes, 1250.
Hartman, Gertrude.
Medieval Days and Ways
. New York: MacMillan Company, 1965 ed.
Good reference for students.
Lucus, Angela M.
Women in the Middle Ages
. Great Britain: The Harvester Press, 1983.
Necessary for understanding women’s roles in medieval society.
Lopez, Robert S. “The Crossroads Within the Wall,”
The Historian and the City
. Oscar Handlin and John Burchard, eds. Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1963.
Macaulay, David.
Castle
. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977.
Stepbystep planning and construction of an imaginary castle and town. Perfect for classroom illustration.
Morrall, John B.
The Medieval Imprint
. New York: Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1967.
Deals with relationships between feudalism and Christianity.
Painter, Sydney.
Medieval Society
. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1951.
Introduction to medieval ways of life.
Pirenne, Henri.
Medieval Cities
. New York: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1956.
Stresses historical interpretation of events.
Power, Eileen.
Medieval People
. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Co., Inc., 1954.
Rice, Eugene F., Jr.
The Foundation of Early Modern Europe, 1460Ð1559
. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 1970.
Discussion of advances in weapons and warfare.
White, Lynn, Jr.
Medieval Technology and Social Change
. London: Oxford University Press, 1979.
Good descriptive account of various technological developments and their impact upon society.
White, Lynn, Jr. “The Life of the Silent Majority”,
Life and Thought in the Early Middle Ages
. Robert S. Hoyt, ed. Minneapolis: University of Minneapolis Press, 1963.