Life in a Mediaeval City

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Life in a Mediaeval City, Illustrated by York in the XVth Century
by Edwin Benson
A short and gentle overview of mediaeval life in a large city. It lightly covers the class structure of society, local government, guilds, pageantry and punishment. The author has an easy, rhythmic style which leaves the reader wanting to find out more.(Summary by Peter Yearsley)

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@rubenjames7345 11 ай бұрын

One of the very best LibriVox narrations out there. Perfect French, too.

@elainemagson213 5 жыл бұрын

How very humanely and warmly read. Thank you!

@johnbowles5399 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. I grew up in the city of York so this is fascinating. I love Peter Yearsley too, such a great and calming narrator.

@danpatch810 3 жыл бұрын

envious i love the UK

@danielfreeley5217 3 жыл бұрын

this is perfect to listen to before bed

@Dawghome 2 жыл бұрын

1:52, I've not long woke up and I'm almost heading for a coma myself! I'll save this for my many struggles with insomnia!

@gratefulobserver7742 Жыл бұрын

Peter is an excellent narrator!

@Mikehillschannel 2 жыл бұрын

Worth a listen, good introduction to the topic and a good reader

@andrewsmail8307 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed that. The first audio transcript of this type I took the time to listen to.. Thank you.

@niddlyneddly6847 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thanks

@mjclark641 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful speaking voice.

@daphneszeles28 2 жыл бұрын

I reported a comment on here saying that this wasnt "a reading of substance" which totally confused my perception of this reading from the get go. I wish that person would get their ears some ear aides because they obviously cant tell a good thing from a bad and then be grateful for it. Instead they have to badmouth good things and ruin it for people who can appreciate it

@daphneszeles28 2 жыл бұрын

Just because youre used to crap doesnt make a good thing be unsubstantial, you %$#^ing cretin

@louiseskip3488 2 жыл бұрын

Visited York in 2005.omg what a stunning town, best underground museum in the world. Also scary as hell at night

@Paul_Yates 2 жыл бұрын

York is amazing at night and when it’s snows it’s magical l.

@shirioio9209 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful book 😊

@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz 4 жыл бұрын

If only all Librivox narrators were even half as good as he is. 👍👍👍

@emjackson2289 3 жыл бұрын

Kara Schallenberg is amazing

@CrossPurposes 3 жыл бұрын

@@emjackson2289 She lacks colour and sing songs through everything.

@CrossPurposes 3 жыл бұрын

@Festina_Lente She'd describe taking a dump exactly the same as a first glimpse of the new world from the deck of the Santa Maria.

@3niknicholson 2 жыл бұрын

Karen Savage is great, does English, American and Spanish with clarity and enthusiasm.

@Eris123451 2 жыл бұрын

Then get in front of a microphone and do it yourself, the Libivox readers are all volunteers, (many of them are not English nor is English always their first language,) and personally as long as these readings are intelligible which they almost always are then I'm grateful to anyone who gives there time to benefit the rest of us in this manner. If your sensing certain healthy contempt here for you criticism then you'd be absolutely right.

@ronaldronca7547 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent reading.....still as stated in summary it seems more a tease, leaves one wanting to truly learn something more substantial

@MsHburnett 2 жыл бұрын

Magnificent catholic construction for the adoration of chrust just mother and the saints till descicrated by cromwell and his thugs

@stewartlancaster6155 Жыл бұрын

who is Chrust ?

@raymondmcdonald355 3 жыл бұрын

I've been saying on other recordings that a book about anything English, should be read by an Englishman. This should be non negotiable.

@-.00__I__o8o__I__00. 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, fuk off ...with 2 fingers, not one

@niccoarcadia4179 3 жыл бұрын

Except when the book wouldn't be read at all. lol. I'd rather have a flat American read it then no book at all.

@murkydepths181 3 жыл бұрын

@@-.00__I__o8o__I__00. Abuse is not an argument 🙄

@julieblackstock8650 3 жыл бұрын

totally agree, I switch off its isnt read by an English accent. At least then towns are pronounced correctly

@michaelynedwards1043 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@pamwatterson3845 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder when this book was written

@2CSST2 3 жыл бұрын

Sometime in the last hundreds of years

@Paul_Yates 2 жыл бұрын

Lived in York for many years (St Marys & Walmgate) best city in the UK.

@drazenamadeus 3 жыл бұрын

1:07:30

@andrewemery4272 3 жыл бұрын

When the narrator sounds bored...

@gaiuscaligula2229 5 жыл бұрын

You can tell the narrator doesn't know York. "Boot-ham-Bar" is pronounced "Boo-tham-Bar".. The L is silent in "Peasholme Green"

@scarlet8078 5 жыл бұрын

Good to know. Most listeners are probably Americans and we can't hear the difference. We just want all our audiobooks to be read by BBC-sounding voices. Or Jeremy Irons. That posh, slightly dour and gravely voice is how all Brits should sound. I mean, America loves Jeremy Irons so much that he was our villain in the Lion King, our Borgia pope and we gave him the Best Actor for Claus Von Bulow

@kennyw871 4 жыл бұрын

Well then Roman puke, you read it for us, pronounced USsssss......

@stevenmason8993 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but it wasn't pronounced Boo-tham-Bar in Medieval times. Maybey you should read up on Medieval accents. Your thinking modern accents .

@sandragrundy1516 4 жыл бұрын

Big deal, "Little Boot", set your magnificent brain to correcting more important issues. Go fiddle!

@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz 4 жыл бұрын

I somehow never thought of Caligula as a pronounciation nazi. Live and learn.

@Eris123451 2 жыл бұрын

This was actually quite dull and predictable and what is said of York could probably and just as accurately be said equally of almost any other medieval town or city of the same period; if you skip this you won't be missing much.

@johnnyyuma9798 2 жыл бұрын

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