Illustrations

Life in the Middle Ages[Frontispiece]
The Castle of St. AliquisPage[xiv]
Typical Castle of the Middle Ages"[17]
View of the Court and the Donjon"[25]
Upper Hall of the Donjon"[31]
Interior of a Thirteenth-century ApartmentFacing p.[36]
A Thirteenth-century BedPage[39]
A Game of Chess"[54]
A Game of Ball"[57]
Lady with a Falcon on Her Wrist"[58]
The Falcon Hunt"[59]
Noble Holding a Falcon in Each Hand"[61]
A Hunter"[63]
The Stag Hunt"[66]
Coiffure of a Noblewoman"[71]
Cradle"[81]
A King in the Twelfth Century Wearing Pellison"[90]
Wreath Made of Metal Flowers Sewed on Braid"[91]
Felt Shoe"[93]
Winter Costume in the Twelfth Century"[94]
Headdress of a Man"[95]
Costume of a Nobleman"[96]
Coiffure of a Woman"[97]
A Royal Marriage in the Thirteenth Century"[99]
Cooks"[114]
Pork Butchers (Bourges)"[115]
Servants Bringing the Food to the Table"[123]
Young Girls of the Nobility Serving at the Table"[126]
A Feast of Ceremony in the Twelfth CenturyFacing p.[128]
Small Portable Organ of the Thirteenth CenturyPage[132]
AcrobatsPage[134]
Dancer of the Twelfth Century"[137]
Thirteenth-century Harp"[139]
Listening to a Trouvère in a Château of the Thirteenth CenturyFacing p.[140]
Banner of the Thirteenth CenturyPage[147]
The Coat of Arms of the Dukes of Bretagne (Thirteenth Century)"[148]
Seal of the Duke Jean of Bretagne (Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries)"[149]
Homage in the Twelfth CenturyFacing p.[156]
Costume of a Nobleman (Thirteenth Century)Page[177]
Gothic Writing"[179]
A Teacher Holding a Ferule in His Hand"[180]
Maneuvering with a Lance in the Thirteenth Century"[185]
A Knight at the End of the Thirteenth Century"[190]
German Helmets of the Thirteenth Century"[192]
A Thirteenth-century Shield"[193]
Thirteenth-century Swords"[194]
Horse Trappings"[196]
A Knight of the Thirteenth Century"[198]
A Thirteenth-century Knight"[199]
A Thirteenth-century Knight"[200]
A Beggar"[201]
A Tournament in the Twelfth CenturyFacing p.[214]
Knightly Combat on FootPage[219]
A Combat in the Twelfth Century"[221]
A Catapult"[236]
An Attack with the Aid of a Tower"[237]
A Mantelet in Wood"[238]
Attack on a Wall with the Aid of the Sap"[239]
Group of Peasants and of Shepherds"[255]
Peasants at Work"[260]
A Laborer (Thirteenth Century)"[264]
Peasant Shoes"[265]
A Reaper"[265]
A Marriage in the Thirteenth Century"[266]
A Plow"[267]
A Leper"[278]
A Thirteenth-century Doctor"[281]
A Thirteenth-century Burial ScenePage[284]
A Group of Priests (Thirteenth Century)"[287]
A Shrine in the Form of an Altar (Thirteenth Century) in the Cathedral at Rheims"[324]
Richard Cœur de LionFacing p.[302]
View of an Abbey of the Thirteenth CenturyPage[313]
The Galleries of the Cloister of the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel (Thirteenth Century)"[316]
The Refectory at the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel (Thirteenth Century)"[318]
A Benedictine Monk (Thirteenth Century)"[320]
A Piece of Furniture Serving as a Seat and a Reading Desk"[335]
Cloth Merchants"[358]
A Commoner (Thirteenth Century)"[362]
Money-changers (Chartres)"[365]
A Fair in Champagne in the Thirteenth CenturyFacing p.[366]
The Sale of Peltries (Bourges)Page[370]
Episcopal Throne of the Thirteenth Century"[374]
A Bishop of the Twelfth Century"[376]
A Bishop of the Thirteenth Century"[379]
A Deacon (Thirteenth Century)"[388]
Notre Dame and the Bishop's Palace at the Beginning of the Thirteenth Century"[395]
Thirteenth-century Window in the Cathedral of Chartres, Representing Saint Christopher Carrying Christ"[400]