Life Finds a Way

Katherine Weikert

Life Finds a Way

Katherine Weikert

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Abstract

The distant past is not often illustrated with plentiful descriptions of everyday life. Instead, the picture has to be put together from different sources, piece by piece, like a jigsaw. But there are often still gaps, which can be filled with historically informed creativity.

Original language	English
Journal	History Today
Volume	71
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2021

Keywords

microhistory
Archaeology
medieval archaeology
public history

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https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/creative-microhistory-medieval-manor

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