I just finished Life in a Medieval Village by Frances and Joseph Gies. It was fairly introductory but the subject matter wasn't all that technical either--only in a few spots dealing with the village's social and economic structure, much of which occurs in chapter three while discussing the Lord, who happens to be the central figure of the village whether present or absent. The authors laudably defend the villeins as people just like us. They aren't brutes or dolts which is the common misconception, but men and women living out their lives in a harder world. But I'll stop there before I go on anymore of a tangent because I didn't come here to write an entire review.