Mitchell takes a regional approach in exploring the lives of families in the Middle Ages. Starting with the late Roman families the first five chapters explore

From bestselling historians Frances and Joseph Gies, authors of the classic "Medieval Life" series, comes this compelling, lucid, and highly readable account of

"A great virtue of this reader is the length of its selections--not just snippets, but long enough portions for students to get a real sense of how the text wor

From bestselling historians Frances and Joseph Gies, authors of the classic “Medieval Life” series, comes this compelling, lucid, and highly readable accoun

This book presents a synthetic history of the family--the most basic building block of medieval Jewish communities--in Germany and northern France during the Hi