The Year 1000

Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger

This is a popular history book, often seen in railway stations and airpor t shops. Rory found this very interesting. It was based on the Julian Work Calendar, a small book written at Canterbury about 1020AD. The calendar describes what needed to be done in the fields and woods each month of the year and it included small drawings of the main activities, which were reproduced in the book. There was a fair amount of scholarship evident, but the book was meant to be entertaining. It made many interesting observations and tried to put right several misconceptions commonly held about the period in English history.
Rory 8/10/00

An attempt to describe what life was like in Anglo-Saxon England. Readable and interesting but not great. Sean didn't learn as much as he would have liked.

Gill had also read this but six weeks later could not remember much about it. Found the Anglo-Saxon names difficult. A light read.
Sean 21/1/01

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