For us, the Middle Ages are something distant, dark, and incomprehensible. We know about this time from films, books, and excursions, and everything we know is endless wars, robberies, romanticized knights, and many shocking facts that don’t fit in the head. It seems that people were more savage than ever. But what if it’s not like that?
In this book, the author traces in detail the path of various crafts of the Middle Ages: what people of the past earned their living with, how they dressed, and how they built a house. Undoubtedly, the Middle Ages were a time of hardworking, skilled people who, even with the simplest tools, could create a multitude of wonderful things—starting from everyday household items and all the way to true masterpieces made of gold and silver, decorated with precious stones.