HISTORY
Vonne, Mira

Gross Facts About the Middle Ages

(4) K-3 Blazers: Gross History series. This book briefly relates the unhealthy living and working conditions of the Middle Ages. Examples include lack of sanitation, poor hygiene, spoiled food, dirty cities, and medical ignorance. Sidebars extend the text with word definitions and additional "Gross Facts." Illustrations add interest and heighten the "grossness," but the splatter- and stain-like graphics are a bit much. Reading list. Glos., ind.

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