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THE AXE AND THE OATH: ORDINARY LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
CONTENTS
Preface
PART ONE: MAN AND THE WORLD
CHAPTER 1: Naked Man
A Fragile Creature
An Ungainly Being
Fairly Content with Himself
But Are There Nonetheless Nuances?
But a Threatened Creature
Does Man Really Know Himself?
"Abnormal" Assaults on Man
The Illness That Lies in Wait
The Black Death
Can Those Men Be Counted?
CHAPTER 2: The Ages of Life
From the Child to the Man
Expecting a Baby
When the Child Arrives
"Childhoods"
The Child in the Midst of the Family
Man in His Private Life
As Time Goes By
Nourishing the Body
The Shaping of Taste
Adorning the Body
Man, Woman, and the Others
The Two Sexes Face-to-Face
Sexual Concerns
Living by the Fire and by the Pot
The Chains of Marriage
… And Their Locks
Kin
… And "Relations"
The Workplace
The House
… And What Was Found in the House
Man Is Born to Toil
But What Work?
And Tools?
The End of Life
The Elderly
The "Passage"
After Death
CHAPTER 3: Nature
The Weather
The Paleo-Environment
What Did They See or Feel?
Fire and Water
Fire, the Symbol of Life and Death
Saving and Beneficent Water
The Sea, Horrible and a Temptress
The Products of the Earth
Mastering the Soil
Making the Earth Render
Grasses and Vines
The Trees and the Forest
The Forest, Overwhelming and Sacred
The Forest, Necessary and Nourishing
And the People of the Forest?
CHAPTER 4: And the Animals?
Man and Beast
Fear and Disgust
Respect and Affection
Knowing and Understanding
What Are the Beasts?
Penetrating This World
Utilize and Destroy
The Services of the Beast
Killing: Man's Job
A Contrasting Balance Sheet
PART TWO: MAN IN HIMSELF
CHAPTER 5: Man in Himself
Living in a Group
Why Come Together?
How to Assemble?
Where to Gather?
Laughter and Games
Precautions and Deviations
Order and the "Orders"
Peace and Honor
Law and Power
Gaps
And People from Elsewhere
CHAPTER 6: Knowledge
The Innate
Memory
The Imaginary
Measurement
Acquisitions
Act, Image, Word
Writing
What to Learn?
And Where?
Expression
Who Wrote and What Did They Write?
For Whom and Why Did Authors Write?
The Artist's Part
CHAPTER 7: And the Soul
Good and Evil
The End of Dualism
Virtue and Temptation
Sin and Pardon
Faith and Salvation
Dogma and the Rites of Medieval Christian Faith
The Church
The Other World
CONCLUSION
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