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Love, hatred, crime and punishment, proverbs, heaven on earth, husband-beating -- all feature in the jewellery, tableware, illustrations, carvings and textiles of the period. This book offers a major reassessment of the high medieval period. It will be essential reading for medievalists and those interested in the history of language and customs. It provides a brilliant and evocative picture of medieval Europe where people spent their time wearing their hearts on their sleeves, snapping sausages and getting bees in their bonnets. As Malcolm Jones writes, gems and precious metals may dazzle the eye, but a pewter brooch, though it may look tawdry, is of more real significance and tells us more about the middle ages than a cofferful of royal jewels.

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Malcolm Jones is a leading authority on medieval folklore and folk customs generally, appearing frequently on national radio. He is lecturer in folklore and folklife studies at the University of Sheffield. He has also worked in the Department of Medieval Antiquities at the British Museum and as a lexicographer for Longman and Oxford Dictionaries.

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