Handbook to Life in the Medieval World, Volume 1

Madeleine Pelner Cosman, Linda Gale Jones

Facts On File, 2008 - History - 974 pages

Handbook to Life in the Medieval World looks at the medieval period from the perspective of Christians, Jews, and Muslims who inherited and inhabited the classical Roman Empire, which stretched from the British Isles through continental Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Middle East to Asia Minor and beyond.

About the author

Madeleine Pelner Cosman is an author, attorney, & lecturer whose areas of expertise include medical law & medieval life. President of Medical Equity, Inc., her fourteen published books include "Medieval Wordbook" (Facts on File/Checkmark Books) & "Fabulous Feasts: Medieval Cookery & Ceremony", nominated for the Pulitzer Prize & the National Book Award. She lives in San Diego, CA.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Handbook to Life in the Medieval World, Volume 1; Facts on File library of world history, ISBN 0816048878, 9780816048878; Handbook to Life Series; Handbook to Life in the Medieval World, Madeleine Pelner Cosman, ISBN 0816048878, 9780816048878
• Authors: Madeleine Pelner Cosman, Linda Gale Jones
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Facts On File, 2008
• ISBN: 0816048878, 9780816048878
• Length: 974 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Medieval; History / Islamic; History / Jewish; History / World; Religion / Christianity / General