The 10 books every Scadian should have
Someone in my shire recently posted the above question to the shire's listserv. In no particular order, here are my picks:
"The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the Middle Ages: The British Isles from 500 - 1500," Sherrilyn Kenyon
"Medieval Holidays and Festivals: A Calendar of Celebrations," M.P. Cosman
"Medieval Europe: A Short History," C. Warren Hollister
"A History of Their Own: Women in Europe from Prehistory to the Present vol. 1," Bonnie Anderson and Judith Zinsser
"Life in a Medieval Castle," Frances and Joseph Gies
"Life in a Medieval City," Frances and Joseph Gies
"Fourteenth-century Towns," Living History-Gulliver Books (depending on persona, can be substituted with "Knights in Armor," "The Vikings," or "The Voyages of Christopher Columbus," from the same series)
"Medieval Wisdom: Alchemy, Chivalry, Mysticism," The Little Wisdom Library
"Canterbury Tales," Geoffrey Chaucer
"Le Morte d'Arthur," Sir Thomas Malory
"The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the Middle Ages: The British Isles from 500 - 1500," Sherrilyn Kenyon
"Medieval Holidays and Festivals: A Calendar of Celebrations," M.P. Cosman
"Medieval Europe: A Short History," C. Warren Hollister
"A History of Their Own: Women in Europe from Prehistory to the Present vol. 1," Bonnie Anderson and Judith Zinsser
"Life in a Medieval Castle," Frances and Joseph Gies
"Life in a Medieval City," Frances and Joseph Gies
"Fourteenth-century Towns," Living History-Gulliver Books (depending on persona, can be substituted with "Knights in Armor," "The Vikings," or "The Voyages of Christopher Columbus," from the same series)
"Medieval Wisdom: Alchemy, Chivalry, Mysticism," The Little Wisdom Library
"Canterbury Tales," Geoffrey Chaucer
"Le Morte d'Arthur," Sir Thomas Malory