A Medieval Life: Cecilia Penifader and the World of English Peasants Before (Judith M. Bennett)

A competent brief history of medieval English peasantry, unfortunately distorted and largely ruined by rancid feminist bias.

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"History is the story of what resulted from the acts of great men, directly and indirectly, buffeted by fortune. Thus, in the Middle Ages, as in every age, what the common people did in their daily lives never drove history. Nonetheless, their lives can be of interest, both to specialists and generalists. Moreover, studying the common people can sometimes deepen our understanding of how history unfolded. Judith Bennett’s A Medieval Life is a very imperfect vessel through which to view one prototypical group of common men and women, English peasants of the fourteenth century, but it is still a modestly worthwhile change of pace from reading about the warriors, kings, priests, inventors, and industrialists whose actions created the West. . . ."