Look insideHorrible Histories: Measly Middle Ages
- a genuine jester’s joke
- why chickens had their bottoms shaved
- what ten-year-old treacle was used for
Plus, you can find out all about miserable Medieval monks, the dreaded Black Death, and schools that really knew how to make the kids suffer! And there are gruesome games and revolting recipes to try at home as well!
Fun Stuff
Quizzes
Activities
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Horrible Histories Puzzle Activity
Follow the puzzle to find out what each of the knights won in their tournament.
Recent reviews
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measly middle ages is yet another great book by terry deary.I also have 9 other books witch also are very interesting so my rating is 5 STARS!!!!!! Ps: if you want to learn more about history, watch the tv series on thursdays at 5:15 pm on the cbbc channel.
14 August 2010
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this book is absolutely, positively gorgeous!!!!
it’s fun to read you read and laugh at the same tim e, so you really must read this fantastic book!!!!
12 March 2008
Who's reading this?
Authors
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Terry Deary
Terry is a former actor, theatre-director and Drama teacher and currently lives in County Durham. He has written over 150 books in the UK, including 44 Horrible Histories titles, and was voted the fifth most popular living children’s author in a 2005 Guardian survey.
Awards
Terry Deary won the 2001 Blue Peter Prize for Rotten Romans.
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