How to Survive in Medieval England

A very comprehensive and informative guide about what life might be like if you were able to travel back to medieval England. Divided into chapters such as "what would I eat", "what would I wear" and "how healthy would I be", this entertaining book features "interviews" with people of the day. The author's accessible and absorbing style of writing makes you feel like you have genuinely been transported back to medieval England. A five star read.

I had read an article about this book and thought my daughter would love this, she absolutely loves it. We are constantly being given information about survival in medieval England.

I learnt stuff that I didn't knowAnd I enjoyed it

Great read very informative but put into an easy going format.Loved the "did you know" and the whole names and why people are called them.The relaxed style is so easy to keep you reading.

Excellent format and of course excellent research. Very readable and enjoyable. A must if you like the Middle Ages, makes you feel you could (almost) survive

Bought as a gift for my husband who thoroughly enjoyed it. I am looking forward to reading it myself.

I purchased this book directly from the author when I met her at the Richard III festival, at Middleham castle, after listening to her fascinating talk based on what is in the book. The book breaks down what life was like in medieval England into chapters such as what people wore and ate as well as a very interesting chapter on medieval medicine. What also made the book a page turner was the humour within it too. I read this book very quickly, within 2 days, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in medieval history.

Toni Mount's latest work is an enjoyable little book. I love my social history which tries to recreate the day-to-day existence of people who lived in the past. Written in the style of a travel guidebook, this takes in everything from where to eat, Medieval culinary tastes, to medical care, popular literature, fashion, and law.The style of writing was witty and engaging, and I found myself laughing a couple of times. (A French village which put a - caterpillar on trial. Actually, the accused consisted of a several caterpillars. Yes, caterpillars) without talking down to the reader.I did disagree with a couple of conclusions (mostly the one about people not drinking water, because I've read differently) but for the most part, even this historian was impressed. Finally, FINALLY an author who doesn’t represent Medieval surgeons as brutal incompetents who killed their patients. Mount even mentions the existence of an opiate based anaesthetic and shows us how professional surgeons were more than capable of treating wounds and injuries. Diseases were trickier, of course. Which is to say the treatments for them often were ineffectual, if not actively harmful.The illustrations were useful and the "Interviews" with historical figures a novel way of providing actual, historical examples to illustrate the points. Some might take issue with how not all the material is drawn from one particular time period, and there is some "jumping" about. A lot of authors tend to stick to one decade or century, or even a single year of the Medieval period in books like this. Honestly, though, I think the generalized picture worked. One doesn't always need to be specific.My thanks the publisher, Pen and Sword for approving my request for this title on Netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review, or any at all and all opinions expressed are my own.