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May 30, 2005
french peasants
I'm in California. I survived a four hour flight next to the ADD posterchild and, stuck in Sky Harbor with nothing better to do, read through all of Kushiel's Dart. I'm also making brisk work of Life in a Medieval Castle.
We'll need notes. Lots of notes.
All this is reminding me of the semester in high school when I read through some book by Eugen Weber that covered the French peasantry as they went from unwashed, superstitious farmers to the modern century. And yes, Dear Reader, I realize that statement is ripe for the jesting, but seeing as I misspelled "reining" as "reigning" in my last entry I shall withhold my snarkiness for another day.
Anyway, French peasantry have always been a grounding point for what medieval settings I write, and I blame Dr. Weber and my history teacher, Dr. DiLeo, for it. I'd read it again if I could remember the title. Dr. Weber has a marvelous, dry sense of humor, which is sorely needed in scholarly books of that girth and weight.
Posted by sdshaver at May 30, 2005 01:36 AM