Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
By: Jack Hartnell
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell …
Want to Read $ 16.17If you liked the nonfiction plot in Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages by Jack Hartnell , here is a list of 16 books like this:
1. Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found
By: Frances Larson
3.73
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The human head is exceptional. It accommodates four of our five senses, encases the brain, and boas… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Frances Larson's Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
- history
- historical
- death
- nonfiction
- science
2. Teasing Secrets from the Dead: My Investigations at America's Most Infamous Crime Scenes
By: Emily Craig , Emily Craig
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Teasing Secrets from the Deadis a front-lines story of crime scene investigation at some of the mos… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Emily Craig's Teasing Secrets from the Dead: My Investigations at America's Most Infamous Crime Scenes book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
- science
- nonfiction
- death
3. The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
By: Judith Flanders
3.65
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
"Superb... Flanders's convincing and smart synthesis of the evolution of an official police force, … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Judith Flanders's The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
4. The Book of Margery Kempe
By: Margery Kempe , Lynn Staley
2.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Contexts" collects primary readings that illuminateThe Book of Margery Kempe. Included are excerpt… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Margery Kempe's The Book of Margery Kempe book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
5. Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality
By: Paul Barber
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In this engrossing book, Paul Barber surveys centuries of folklore about vampires and offers the fi… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Paul Barber's Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
6. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
By: Ian Mortimer
4.01
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
Imagine you could get into a time machine and travel back to the 14th century. This text sets out t… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Ian Mortimer's The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
- history
- historical
- medieval history
- nonfiction
- medieval
"Justice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception."-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
"You might find it alarming to think that your doctor will not actually need to see you in person but might make a diagnosis based on the position of the stars, the colour and smell of your urine, and…"-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
"So, as long as you can get enough to eat, and can avoid all the various lethal infections, the dangers of childbirth, lead poisoning, and the extreme violence, you should live a long time. All you ha…"-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
"Collectively they remind us that history is much more than an education process. Understanding the past is a matter of experience as well as knowledge, a striving to make spiritual, emotional, poetic…"-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
7. Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages
By: Nathan Belofsky
3.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
An irreverent jaunt through medical history's most dubious ideas, bizarre treatments, and biggest b… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Nathan Belofsky's Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
8. Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter
By: Ian Mortimer
4.00
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Gui… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Ian Mortimer's Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
- history
- historical
- medieval history
- nonfiction
- medieval
9. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in David Mitchell's Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
- medieval
- historical
- nonfiction
- history
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
10. Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History
By: Rebecca Struthers
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning watchmaker—one of the few practicing the art in the world today—chronicles the inv… read more
Want to Read $ 15.99Similar categories in Rebecca Struthers's Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
- art
- nonfiction
- history
- science
"Gli orologi non creano il tempo, ma ne misurano la nostra percezione culturale."-Rebecca Struthers, Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History
"La natura è stata il nostro primo orologio e continua a scandire il tempo per coloro che se ne accorgono. Sono state la convivenza e la frequentazione diretta con la natura a far sì che l’umanità svi…"-Rebecca Struthers, Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History
"Il concetto di tempo è inseparabile dalla nostra cultura. Nella lingua inglese, per esempio, la parola time (tempo) è la più usata. Nelle culture occidentali e capitaliste è qualcosa che abbiamo o no…"-Rebecca Struthers, Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History
11. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
By: Emma Southon
4.23
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Emma Southon's A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
- historical
- nonfiction
- history
12. The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women: An Inside Look at Women & Sex in Medieval Times (Human Sexuality, True Stories, Women in History)
By: Rosalie Gilbert
3.53
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
What Was Sex Like for a Medieval Woman?An inside look at sexual practices in the medieval world. We… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Rosalie Gilbert's The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women: An Inside Look at Women & Sex in Medieval Times (Human Sexuality, True Stories, Women in History) book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
- history
- historical
- medieval history
- nonfiction
- medieval
13. Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England
By: Gemma Hollman
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Until the mass hysteria of the seventeenth century, accusations of witchcraft in England were rare.… read more
Want to Read $ 18.99Similar categories in Gemma Hollman's Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
- medieval
- historical
- nonfiction
- history
14. The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science
By: Seb Falk
3.68
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
An illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages through t… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Seb Falk's The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
- history
- historical
- medieval history
- nonfiction
- medieval
- science
15. Dawniej ludzie żyli w brudzie. Kiedy i dlaczego zaczęliśmy o siebie dbać?
By: Agnieszka Krzemińska
3.34
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
Z tej książki dowiesz się: • Kiedy człowiekowi zaczął przeszkadzać zapach potu? • Czy paleolitycz… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Agnieszka Krzemińska's Dawniej ludzie żyli w brudzie. Kiedy i dlaczego zaczęliśmy o siebie dbać? book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
- nonfiction
- history
16. The Bone Chests
By: Cat Jarman
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
From the brilliant bioarchaeologist and bestselling author of River Kings, a gripping new history o… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Cat Jarman's The Bone Chests book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
- history
- historical
- medieval history
- nonfiction
- medieval
- science
17. The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
By: Hana Videen
4.26
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from … read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Hana Videen's The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
- medieval
- historical
- nonfiction
- history
"For some reason, the ball-biting beaver doesn't live on in modern fiction like Aslan the lion or Fawkes the phoenix."-Hana Videen, The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
18. Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
By: Jack Hartnell
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell … read more
Want to Read $ 16.17Similar categories in Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
- art
- art history
- history
- historical
- medicine
- medieval history
- death
- nonfiction
- medieval
- science
19. The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe
By: Barry Cunliffe
4.04
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Brilliant horsemen and great fighters, the Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across t… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Barry Cunliffe's The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
- nonfiction
- history
20. Ziemianki. Co panie z dworów łączyło z chłopkami
By: Marta Strzelecka
2.88
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
Postępowe dobrodziejki czy strażniczki patriarchatu? Szkoła w Nałęczowie, działająca w pierwszej… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Marta Strzelecka's Ziemianki. Co panie z dworów łączyło z chłopkami book and Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
- nonfiction
- history
