A fascinating guide to strange-but-true jobs.

Identifies the technological innovations of the middle ages, noting how such ubiquitous items as eyeglasses, books, arabic numbers, underwear, banks, the game o

'The best short introduction to medieval sexuality that I have read: a remarkable book.' -Vern Bullough, Reviews in History 'Undergraduate and graduate students

Presents essays focusing on marginalized women mostly in Central and Eastern Europe from around 1350 to 1650. 'Other' women are discussed in three different cat

Drawing on archaeological and narrative sources, this collection of studies offers a fresh look at some of the most interesting aspects of the current research