Medieval English Gardens

Medieval English GardensFrom castle to cottage, nearly every medieval dwelling possessed an enclosed plot for growing herbs, food, and flowers. This illustrated survey of gardening lore from the era between the Norman Conquest and the Renaissance reveals a wealth of ancient secrets. Drawn from obscure sources scraps of parchment from account rolls, charters, surveys, and registers the book provides hitherto inaccessible knowledge about the plans, organization, and common

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Reprint of The Modern Chair: Classics in production

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its approach marked such a dramatic departure from contemporary trends that it stimulated little follow-up research at the time of its 1908 publication

Editor and translator Stanley Appelbaum has provided accurate English interpretations (printed to align line-for-line with the French texts)