tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post2749311380605639816..comments2024-03-27T13:13:25.164-04:00Comments on johnshaplin: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages by Robert Fussierjohnshaplinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post-36876343187687355622010-11-28T17:19:36.693-05:002010-11-28T17:19:36.693-05:00Preface...One last word: I have borrowed almost ev...Preface...One last word: I have borrowed almost everything from others, and I do not cite them. But as is usually said in hastily prepared acknowledgments, they will recognize themselves. Here and there I have added a though or two of my own, especially on the import of what is “natural” and on the “misery” of man. I take responsibility for these, as well as for everything summarized and all simplifications and neglect of chronological or geographical nuances that are sure to set the “specialists” teeth on edge. But that is the price of all pillage.<br /><br />Robert Fussier is professor emeritus of medieval history at the Sorbonne and Editor of the Cambridge History of the Middle Ages.johnshaplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.com