# A day in the life (NOT a Beatles thread)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 1, 2001, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-not-a-beatles-thread/96226 "2001-12-01T00:23:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-not-a-beatles-thread/96226/1 "2001-12-01T00:23:01Z")

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I often wonder about how people in past ages went about their lives on a daily basis. For example, what was daily life like in the 1600’s? 1400’s? 800’s? and so on…

Does anyone know of some books or websites that might shed some light on this?

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**Author:** ![jaimest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaimest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaimest)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-not-a-beatles-thread/96226/2 "2001-12-01T00:29:20Z")

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I enjoyed \*The History of Private Life \* series.

> **[Amazon.com: A History of Private Life, Volume II: Revelations of the Medieval...](https://www.amazon.com/History-Private-Life-Revelations-Paperback/dp/0674400011)**
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> Amazon.com: A History of Private Life, Volume II: Revelations of the Medieval World (History of Private Life (Paperback)): 9780674400016: Duby, Georges, Ariès, Phillippe, Duby, Georges, Goldhammer, Arthur: Books

There are similar books on this theme.