New Archaeological Finds in China: Discoveries During the Cultural Revolution

New Archaeological Finds in China issued in 1972. Pretty rear book, for somebody, who learning about archealogy and history. Nice illustrations.

Women in the Medieval English Countryside - Gender and Household in Brigstock before the Plague

Unlike most histories of European women, which have typically focused on the 19th and 20th century elite, this study reconstructs the public lives of peasant women and men during the six decades before the Black Death of 1348-49. Drawing on the extensive records of the forest manor of Brigstock, Judith Bennett challenges the myth of a "golden age" of equality for medieval men and women. Instead, she ably shows that women faced profound political, legal, economic, and social disadvantages in their dealings with men.

Portmahomack - Monastery of the Picts

Based on archeological research conducted on a sixth to tenth century Pictish settlement on Tarbat Ness, Easter Ross, this book recounts the life, culture, and burial practice of the Picts. It describes the process of archeological discovery and interpretation and details daily life at the Portmahomack monastery.

Chaucer - Celebrated Poet and Author

Grade 6 - 9 Profile of one of the most important writers of the Middle Ages, who was heavily influenced by the religious and political situations of his country and who reflected these influences in his writing. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is humurous and satirical.
The book provides information to help students better understand all of the works of this prominent man. It describes its subject's childhood and background as well as his influences, career and writing.

Parks in Medieval England

Parks were prominent and, indeed, controversial features of the medieval countryside, but they have been unevenly studied and remain only partly understood. Stephen Mileson provides the first full-length study of the subject, examining parks across the country and throughout the Middle Ages in their full social, economic, jurisdictional, and landscape context.