medievalism

Cross-section illustrations help show what it was like to live in a medieval castle.

Presents a reprint of the text of first American edition of Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", wherein a nineteenth-century mechanic suffers a blow to the head and wakes up in King Arthur's Britain. Includes original illustrations by Daniel Beard and contains critical reviews and essays.

Analyzes the very real civilization that J.R.R. Tolkien based his land of Middle Earth on, describing the varied tribes who made up its population and how they lived their daily lives.