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Archers, Alchemists, and 98 Other Medieval Jobs You Might Have Loved or Loathed

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4 out of 5
Based on 76 Ratings and 18 Reviews

Book Description


A fascinating guide to strange-but-true jobs.

If you could go back in time to the Middle Ages, what do you think you would be? A bold knight? A Princess? A Cardinal? In reality, most people did jobs we can barely imagine today. Barbers cut off beards...and sickly limbs; illuminators painstakingly decorated books with gold and silver for their rich lords; gong farmers clean... More
Book Information
PublisherAnnick Press Limited
BindingPaperback (4 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages96
ISBN-101550378104
ISBN-13978-1550378108
Publication Date09/06/2003
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About Priscilla Galloway (Author) : Priscilla Galloway is a published adapter, author, compiler, and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Priscilla Galloway include Horrors: Terrifying Ta... more
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About Martha Newbigging (Illustrator) : Martha Newbigging is a published author and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Martha Newbigging include Ballplayers and Bone Setters: One Hundr... more
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