Craeft

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 <i>cr&#230;ft</i> 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 <i>cr&#230;ft</i>. 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 <i>cr&#230;ft </i>today.