Dreaming of Cockaigne: Medieval Fantasies of the Perfect Life by Herman Pleij

Dreaming of Cockaigne: Medieval Fantasies of the Perfect Life

Herman Pleij with Diane Webb (Translator)

544 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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Imagine a dreamland where roasted pigs wander about with knives in their backs to make carving easy, where grilled geese fly directly into one's mouth, where cooked fish jump out of the water and land at one's feet. The weather is always mild, the...

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