TIME TRAVLER

The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

Abstract

Unlike traditional historians, Ian Mortimer has taken a novel approach to illustrate the medieval society of fourteenth centaury in his book The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England. He casted light on all features of a common life, from the socio judicial structure to day to day matters. The book is written to serve as a comprehensive guideline to the reader of 21st century who happens to get a chance to visit 14th century using time traveler.

The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

Introduction

Ian Mortimer, in his book “The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century”, takes the reader to a fascinating journey to the England of the fourteenth centaury. The book has taken an entirely new perspective of history. Contrary to traditional, historical books, Ian endeavors to make the reader, rather than just studying the history, feel the real life circumstances prevailing in the England of fourteenth centaury. He has presumed a time machine which has journeyed us back to England and suddenly we are in the centre of medieval Europe.

Thesis Statement

Feeling and living in the medieval Europe is entirely different experience than just studying it from the text books.

Discussion

Medieval Society

As the title of the book suggests, it is a handbook for time travelers. The book opens up, and the reader found himself back to 14th centaury in one of the Medieval Societies. Ian spilt the book into several sections; what was the landscape, what is hierarchy structure in the society, what people used to eat and drink, what was the general ambiance, etc. Describing one of the first encounters with the general environment of medieval ...