An enthralling account of day-to-day life in a medieval French village. Using records gathered by the Catholic Church in its pursuit of heretics, the book recreates the lives of a rich cast of village characters.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part 1 The ecology of Montaillou - the house and the shepherd: environment and authority;
the domus;
a dominant house - the Clergue family;
the shepherds;
the great migrations;
the life of the shepherds in the Pyrenees;
the shepherd's mental outlook. Part 2 An archaeology of Montaillou - from body language to myth: body language and sex;
the libido of the Clergues;
temporary unions;
marriage and love;
marriage and the condition of women;
childhood and other ages in life;
death in Montaillou;
cultural exchanges;
social relationships;
concepts of time and space;
fate, magic and salvation;
religion in practice;
morality, wealth and labour;
magic and the other world.
