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book is in no degree an attempt to relate the
involved and
intricate history of the Middle Ages. Its plan is,
rather, to present pictures of the
manner of life and habits of
thought of the
people who lived between the eighth and fifteenth
centuries. Our
writings and our everyday conversation are full of
their phrases
and of allusions to their ideas. Many of our thoughts
and feelings
and instincts, of our very follies and superstitions,
have descended
to us from them. To become better acquainted with them
is to
explain ourselves. In selecting from the enormous
amount of
material, I have sought to choose those customs which
were most
characteristic of the times and which have made the
strongest
impression upon the life of to-day, describing each
custom when
at its height, rather than tracing its development and
history. I
hope that the volume will be found sufficiently full to
serve as
a work of reference, and sufficiently interesting to
win its way
as a book of general reading.
Worcester, Mass.
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