The Medieval Christmas

click here for more details, find new or used items	Sophie Jackson Our price £6.59 (£9.99) New from £2.89 Used from £2.89 Pages: 128 (Hardcover) ISBN: 0750941448 Pub: The History Press Ltd Pub date: 2005-10-20 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 31901

Reader Reviews:

The Real Spirit of Christmas in a book! (2/2 people found this helpful)

I read a previous book by this author (The Curse of Dasenin) which I really liked. I was surprised to see she also wrote non-fiction, but I bought the book to see what it was like. After reading it I decided that in future all my Christmasses are going to be Medieval ones, as, according to this book, they had an awful lot more fun and in tune with the real spirit of Christmas it was more about good companionship and good food than the plastic, materialistic festival we have these days.

Helps you to celebrate a traditional Christmas today. (2/2 people found this helpful)

I had the privilege of viewing this book before making the decision on whether to purchase it. The first thing that struck me was the warm-look of the cover which in itself made me want to look inside the book. These days we take so much for granted that we never ask "why do we do that?" This author has obviously carried considerable research and come up with countless nuggets of information that give us the background to a traditional Christmas which started in medieval times. Learn about the origins of Holly and Ivy and what food they ate back then. There are many surprises in this book and it holds your interest from page 1.
Sophie has included recipes so for those adventuresome types they can try and re-create Christmas in culinary respects.
Personally, I do not always look backwards and say the old times were better than now, but I do believe we have so little ritual in our lives that in many respects living in today's society we have lost our meaning.
This book will help you to celebrate Christmas for your family with pleasure and that might well include switching off the TV to play traditional games.
All in all, I can thoroughly recommend this book. You can place it on the coffee table and delve into a chapter at a time. It is so attractive that guests are almost bound to pick it up and find something of interest.
A lovely and interesting book to own

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