What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium
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AS THE SHADOW OF THE MILLENNIUM DESCENDED ACROSS ENGLAND AND CHRISTENDOM, IT SEEMED AS IF THE WORLD WAS ABOUT TO END. ACTUALLY, IT WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING . . .WELCOME TO THE YEAR 1000.THIS IS WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE.How clothes were fastened in a world without buttons, p. 10The rudiments of medieval brain surgery, p. 124The first millennium's Bill Gates, p. 192How dolphins forecasted weather, p. 140The recipe for a medieval form of Viagra, p. 126Body parts a married woman had to forfeit if she committed adultery, p. 171The fundamental rules of warfare, p. 154How fried and crushed black snails could improve your health, p. 127And much more...
