{"product_id":"book-d8sn","title":"Chaucer's People","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Middle Ages re-created through the cast of pilgrims in \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the surviving records of fourteenth-century England, Geoffrey Chaucer's poetry is the most vivid. Chaucer wrote about everyday people outside the walls of the English court—men and women who spent days at the pedal of a loom, or maintaining the ledgers of an estate, or on the high seas. In \u003ci\u003eChaucer's People\u003c\/i\u003e, Liza Picard transforms \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e into a masterful guide for a gloriously detailed tour of medieval England, from the mills and farms of a manor house to the lending houses and Inns of Court in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eChaucer's People\u003c\/i\u003e we meet again the motley crew of pilgrims on the road to Canterbury. Drawing on a range of historical records such as the Magna Carta, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Margery Kempe\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCookery in English\u003c\/i\u003e, Picard puts Chaucer's characters into historical context and mines them for insights into what people ate, wore, read, and thought in the Middle Ages. What can the Miller, \"big … of brawn and eke of bones\" tell us about farming in fourteenth-century England? What do we learn of medieval diets and cooking methods from the Cook? With boundless curiosity and wit, Picard re-creates the religious, political, and financial institutions and customs that gave order to these lives.","brand":"Highbridge Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49377552007472,"sku":"BDd8sn","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49377552236848,"sku":"ZEd8sn","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49377552302384,"sku":"ZMd8sn","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49377552367920,"sku":"40d8sn","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/d8sn-Square-cover.jpg?v=1779229408","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d8sn","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}