How to Survive in a Medieval City. Earn a Living, Escape Justice, and atone for Sins

What is a medieval city? Markets and the clinking of coins. Grand processions, brutal amusements, and the "theater of justice" staged in executions. Guilds and craft workshops, schools, universities, and the essential cathedral. The city is a whole universe, a "union," and a "common body" of citizens. Freedom - and obligation.

Medievalist Anastasia Palamarchuk breaks stereotypes about the "dark" Middle Ages and showcases its urban culture as vibrant, multifaceted, and surprisingly similar to modernity. The scenes of the past will come to life before you, allowing you to feel its aromas, hear its sounds, and understand how city dwellers lived hundreds of years ago.

You will learn why it is impossible to get lost in a medieval city, how to pledge "oath of loyalty" to it, where city visitors would go if they fell ill, how cesspits are connected to the devil, how the "betrothal of the city to the sea" took place, whether city life was frightening or a "fairy tale-dream," and much more.


- For everyone interested in history in its unusual aspects.
- For everyone fascinated by the Middle Ages.