"The several successive editions of "The Arts of the Middle Ages and Period of the Renaissance" sufficiently testify to its appreciation by the public. The object of that work was to introduce the reader to a branch of learning to which access had hitherto appeared only permitted to the scientific. That attempt, which was a bold one, succeeded too well not to induce us to push our researches further. In fact, art alone cannot acquaint us entirely with an epoch...."

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Condition of Persons and Lands

Privileges and Rights (Feudal and Municipal)

Private Life in the Castles, the Towns, and the Rural Districts

Food and Cookery

Hunting

Games and Pastimes

Commerce

Guilds and Trade Corporations

Taxes, Money, and Finance

Law and the Administration of Justice

Secret Tribunals

Punishments

Jews

Gipsies, Tramps, Beggars, and Cours des Miracles

Ceremonials

Costumes