Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne

In the growth of towns and the revival of commerce, historians have seen the development of a bourgeois and capitalist Europe, but Riche reminds us that Carolingians saw a world of forest and wasteland, in which scattered castles and villages were outposts against the savagery of nature, bands of outlaws, and myriad pagan superstitions. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.