Beginning in 1400, English men and women gained increasing access to practical medical and scientific knowledge, first in vernacular manuscript collections, and later in inexpensive, printed books. More than two hundred years of engagement with this knowledge—much of it very old—in recipes, prognostications, almanacs, and other pragmatic texts, gradually encouraged readers to see themselves as adjudicators and even progenitors of knowledge in their own right. This talk explores how 15th century
Read All About It! Do you have a favorite fiction genre? Mystery? Romance? Adventure? The latest additions to our fiction library include examples of these types—all with a Ricardian flavor. These and every other book in our fiction collection are free for American Branch members to borrow! Find out how to borrow and see our complete library holdings here. If you aren’t familiar with Toni Mount’s mystery series, you are
New Additions to the Fiction Library The latest additions to the fiction library include two novels about Cecily Neville which take very different approaches in telling her story as well as the latest (and last?) installment in J.P. Reedman’s I, Richard Plantagenet series. If you are in the mood for a rousing adventure story, you may be interested in The King’s Son by Darren Harris. Cecily by Annie Garthwaite
Looking for a juicy, non-fiction book to immerse yourself in during the last days of Winter? We have the perfect recommendation: “Household Goods and Good Households in Late Medieval London: Consumption and Domesticity After the Plague”, our newest addition to the Non-Fiction Library. Written by Katherine French, Professor of History at the University of Michigan, this book is a fascinating look at how every-day people lived and set up their
