The book uses the practical questions a person would face in medieval England as its organizing principle. Its chapters cover class and housing, belief, clothing, food, health, work, leisure, family, warfare, and law. Questions about women's work, children's education, policing, courts, military service, veterans, and survival turn those broad themes into a guide to everyday choices and constraints. Warfare sits among the social institutions that supported or limited it, giving viewers a sense of the book's breadth before the reading from its chapter on pets.
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A practical guide to medieval life
Toni Mount's guide surveys medieval English society through practical questions about housing, food, work, family life, law, and warfare.