Table Of Content""^P^^
' -all!
By Regine Pcrnoud • Illustrated by Giorgio Bacchin
Public Library
I
**<£
£
•a
w>
-
. '
si
n
a
A A
Day With
Miller
A A
Day With
Miller
by Regine Pernoud
Illustrations by Giorgio Bacchin
Translated by Dominique Clift
ALLSTON BRANCH LIBRARY
Runestone Press/Minneapolis
A Division ofthe Lerner PublishingGroup
)
AL BR
J
TS2135
E85
P4713
1997
All words that appear in bold are explained in the
glossary that starts on page 43.
Thisedition first publishedintheUnitedStatesin 1997byRunestonePress.
All U.S. rightsreserved. Nopartofthisbookmaybereproduced, storedinaretrieval
—
system, ortransmitted inanyformorbyanymeans electronic, mechanical,
—
photocopying, recording,orotherwise withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionof
RunestonePress,exceptfortheinclusionofbriefquotationsinanacknowledgedreview.
Copyright©1996 EditorialeJacaBookSpA,Milano.Allrightsreserved.Originally
produced in 1996byEditorialeJacaBook, Milan, Italy.
RunestonePress,c/oTheLernerPublishingGroup
241 IirstAvenueNorth, Minneapolis,MN 55401 U.S.A.
Photoonp. 15 isusedcourtesyofZodiaque.
LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-Publication Data
Pernoud, Regine.
|Mugnaiomedievale. English]
Amiller/byReginp.ePcemr.no—ud(;Aidllauystwriattehd—byGiorgio Bacchin.
Includesindex,bibliographical references.
Summary: Describes,bothfactuallyandfictionally, adayin
thelifeofa millerin medieval Europe.
ISBN 0-8225-1914-3 (lib bdg. :acid-freepaper)
i Grain—Mill—ing—Europe—History—Juvenilelit—erature.
Millers I urope Juvenileliterature. 3. MiddleAges Europe-
Juvenileliterature [1 Millers. 2. MiddleAges] I. Bacchin,
Giorgio, ill II. IitIt- III. Series.
TS2135.E85P4713 1997
664'.72'0094—dc20 96-28160
CIP
Manufactured intheUnitedStatesofAmerica
1 2 3 4 5 6 - JR - 02 01 00 99 98 97
Contents
Introduction by Series Editors 6
/
Part One
The World of a Medieval Miller 7
/
Two
Part
A Day with Landry,
a Twelfth-Century Miller 16
/
Afterword by Series Editors 42
/
Glossary 43
/
Pronunciation Guide 45
/
Further Reading 46
/
Index 47
/
About the Author and the Illustrator 48
/
Introduction
Middle Ages and medieval are terms lord's land and had few rights. They
that refer to a period in European his- tilled his soil, cut his wood, repaired
—
tory. This period, which lasted from his buildings in short they did what-
roughly a.d. 500 to a.d. 1500, is sand- ever the lord asked ofthem. In return,
wiched between the Roman Empire the lord provided peace and security.
—
and the Renaissance, or rebirth of in- Some commoners mainly merchants
—
terest in classical Greece and Rome. The and artisans were residents oftowns.
—
ideas that took root during the Renais- By about the eleventh century the be-
—
sance mark the beginning of the mod- ginning ofthe High Middle Ages Eu-
ern era of Europe's history. rope had many towns and several large
During the Middle Ages, the lives of cities. The first towns had been set up
the people of Europe were focused near castles, but as local trade grew,
—
around two important factors the towns also developed along rivers and
power ofthe Roman Catholic Church other commercial routes. Peasants be-
and the power of the landowners. gan to leave rural areas to find jobs in
These two factors shaped European towns. Craftworkers, merchants, food
society. vendors, and innkeepers made up the
The church, in addition to taking towns' populations. Some peasants
care of religious matters, offered op- farmed their own land outside the
portunities for education, fostered the towns and provided the townspeople
arts (such as music and sculpture), and with food.
supported massive building projects. This story of a medieval miller takes
People at every level of medieval life place during the High Middle Ages in
held strongly to Catholic beliefs, and Beaugency, a town in north central
the decorations on churches were sym- France. Millers were among the first
bols ofthis faith and devotion. professionals to exist independently
—
The landowners usually noble from the feudal estates, and mills were
—
lords who lived in castles held power important parts of medieval commu-
under a governing system known as nities. Although mills have changed
feudalism. Although a lord might owe since the Middle Ages, updated ver-
loyalty to a king, within his own terri- sions of the mill in this story are still
tory, the lord managed agriculture, used in modern times.
trade, and industry. He collected taxes,
demanded military service, and made
judicial decisions.
Most ordinary people, known as
peasants, lived and worked on the Series Editors
<$>
