Craeft: How Traditional Crafts Are about More Than Just Making

Author(s): Alexander Langlands

Craft

In a period of meaningless mass manufacturing, our growing appetite for hand-made objects, artisan food, and craft beverages reveals our deep cravings for tradition and quality. But there was a time when craft meant something very different; the Old English word cr�ft possessed an almost indefinable sense of knowledge, wisdom, and power. In this fascinating book, historian and popular broadcaster Alex Langlands goes in search of the mysterious lost meaning of cr�ft. Through a vibrant series of mini-histories, told with his trademark energy and charm, Langlands resurrects the ancient craftspeople who fused exquisite skill with back-breaking labour-and passionately defends the renewed importance of cr�ft today.

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The lost traditions of medieval crafts, from weaving to bee-keeping, thatching to basket-making, from the popular TV historian.

Dr. Alex Langlands is a British archaeologist and historian. He is a lecturer in medieval history at Swansea University and a regular presenter for BBC and Channel 4. His current and ongoing TV projects include Full Steam Ahead (BBC Two) and Britain at Low Tide' (Channel 4). He lives in Wales with his wife, two children, chickens, and bees.

General Fields

  • : 9780571324408
  • : Faber & Faber, Limited
  • : Faber & Faber, Limited
  • : 0.425
  • : October 2017
  • : 23.40 cmmm X 15.30 cmmm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : November 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Alexander Langlands
  • : Hardback
  • : Main
  • : en
  • : 745.509
  • : 352