An amazing look at what every day life was like for the average Jacques and Marie in the Middle Ages, if you ever time travel, make sure you have a copy.

A brilliant vignette of France in the Middle Ages, small but perfectly formed this is apparently a reprint of this book, which I didn't know before reading it. Chamberlin writes what might be heavy material, with a light hand. All the information with no faff. Easily accessible to lay people and academics the research is excellent and altogether a very enjoyable read. Thanks to Netgalley, Pen & Sword publishers and well up to their usual high standards.

Note: this is actually a reprint of a book which first came out in 1967.

Interesting short book on life in Medieval France (as the name suggests), I especially enjoyed the parts about Education, Chivalry, and religion. It might be considered something of a hidden gem which deserved to be reprinted.
I would recommend for anyone interested in Medieval History, from the curious general reader to the interested historian. Scholars might nitpick (I did question a couple of things myself) but overall, I found this a very enjoyable and informative little book.

Please disregard the star rating.
This book's archive date was "unset", then suddenly it was archived. Somehow, it was marked as downloaded, but I was unable to access it in the app. I wish publishers would set an archive date or at least warn reviewers that the book is going to be archived so we can download it properly and read it.

An excellent companion for writers of medieval times, or even for those interested in the historic topic.

Would be great to have some pictures, but does a great job of sharing information about life and politics in those times.

An updated history of medieval France focusing on the day to day social elements, instead of the more traditional broad-scope elements. Social-Cultural historians take note; this is a book to read.

A compact, informative, and engaging history book. It made me learn a lot about life in Medieval France and I appreciated the style of writing.
It's a short book but it's full of information.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

This was a very interesting read. It reminds me of a book I read back in elementary school yet with no photos. I enjoyed this, especially the section on art and architecture.

I have read so many books on Medieval England, Medieval Germany that considering my genealogical background is mostly French, I figured I would give this book a try. I was so glad that I did. I learned so very much! There was so much information packed into what was actually quite a short book that I am chomping on the bit to learn more. The author did an excellent job detailing all the various important parts of medieval history in France that I found myself taking notes as I was listening to the book as Alexa read it to me. I am now going to do further research and see what else I can come up with. I definitely recommend this book to history buffs and historians interested in medieval France.

Although “life in medieval France“ is short and only has six chapters this was one of the most interesting history books I have ever read. From the killing of Christians to their rebirth after the first millennia their understanding of astronomy and those who came before in a lot more and it’s all in this book and I totally enjoyed it. It starts of course with the Franks in the germanium‘s conquering the land to the Greeks the Hungarians on and on how to make modern day France that we know it today. I hope I am not leaving anything in Porten out in this brief summary as although the book was short they still have packed a lot in it. I highly recommend this book to those who like history for more than just academic reasons because this book is totally entertaining. I was given this book by Met Gallie and I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any errors as I am blind and dictate my review but all opinions are definitely my own.