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<blockquote data-quote="jester47" data-source="post: 1762901" data-attributes="member: 2238">Argent- the 20 miles things was travelled, not relocated.&nbsp; Most people in modern times have at least visited a place more than 20 miles from their home.&nbsp; Buttercup- Wizardru's suggestion of the Gies book &quot;Life in a Medieval Village&quot; is a good one.&nbsp; Anything by the Gies family is fairly up to date, however more up to date is the book &quot;The Year 1000 : What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Danny Danziger, Robert Lacey&quot;&nbsp; They use a pretty strong primary source backed up by archeology to make thier points.&nbsp;&nbsp; In fact they take on the teeth and hight thing right out of the gate.&nbsp; The book only covers england though.&nbsp; If they have a bibliography that would be the place to look for more info. (I can't recall if they do).&nbsp; Danziger has teamed up with another guy to write 1215, a book about life in the High Middle Ages (in England) and how it affected the creation and signing of the Magna Carta.&nbsp; The Gies books are probably better for a general overview.&nbsp; Interesting thing about the plague- I noticed when researching it while reading this thread that there is a huge area that the plague never got to.&nbsp; I would really like to know what the condition was to keep the plague out.&nbsp; Did the people there know somthing? Was it climatic? Did the flea have a natural predator in the region?&nbsp; Looks interesting.Aaron.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jester47, post: 1762901, member: 2238"] Argent- the 20 miles things was travelled, not relocated. Most people in modern times have at least visited a place more than 20 miles from their home. Buttercup- Wizardru's suggestion of the Gies book "Life in a Medieval Village" is a good one. Anything by the Gies family is fairly up to date, however more up to date is the book "The Year 1000 : What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Danny Danziger, Robert Lacey" They use a pretty strong primary source backed up by archeology to make thier points. In fact they take on the teeth and hight thing right out of the gate. The book only covers england though. If they have a bibliography that would be the place to look for more info. (I can't recall if they do). Danziger has teamed up with another guy to write 1215, a book about life in the High Middle Ages (in England) and how it affected the creation and signing of the Magna Carta. The Gies books are probably better for a general overview. Interesting thing about the plague- I noticed when researching it while reading this thread that there is a huge area that the plague never got to. I would really like to know what the condition was to keep the plague out. Did the people there know somthing? Was it climatic? Did the flea have a natural predator in the region? Looks interesting. Aaron. [/QUOTE]

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