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Joseph Gies

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Joseph Gies


Born
in The United States
October 08, 1916

Died
April 13, 2006

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Joseph Gies and his wife Frances were historians and writers. They both collaborated on a number of books about the Middle Ages, and each also wrote individual works. Joseph Gies graduated from the University of Michigan in 1939.

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Life in a Medieval Castle

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3.81 avg rating — 2,305 ratings — published 1974 — 22 editions
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A Medieval Family: The Past...

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Merchants and Moneymen: The...

4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions
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The ingenious Yankees

4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1976
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Crisis, 1918;: The leading ...

4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1974 — 2 editions
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Portr...

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Harry S Truman A Pictorial ...

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Scenes of Medieval Life, Th...

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Bridges and Men

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings15 editions
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A Matter of Morals

3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1951 — 7 editions
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“Across the bottom of the last page of many a book is written 'Explicit, Deo Gratias ('Finished, thank god')...Books are kept not on open shelves, but in locked chests. ”
Joseph Gies, Life in a Medieval City

“At mealtime a very broad cloth is laid on the trestle table in the solar. to facilitate service, places are set along one side only. On that side the cloth falls to the floor, doubling as a communal napkin...there are several kinds of knives...but no forks.”
Joseph Gies, Life in a Medieval City

“Instrumental keys [on organs], introduced in the twelfth century, are so heavy and stiff that they must be played with clenched fists. ”
Joseph Gies, Life in a Medieval City

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