Films for the Humanities and Sciences - The Luttrell Psalter: Everyday Life in Medieval England

The Luttrell Psalter: Everyday Life in Medieval England

Posterity owes to Sir Geoffrey Luttrell an inestimable debt for having commissioned the psalter that bears his name, for its illuminations provide an unmatched illustrated guide to life in England in the early 14th century: life on the estate for lords and their ladies, for cooks and ploughmen; what they ate and how they ate it; games and other entertainments; what it meant when the lord went off to war, and whom he took with him. We learn as well about why and how extraordinary books like this psalter were made, how they were written, and what they were written upon. (22 minutes)

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DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-8432-0


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