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A Social History of England, 1200-1500

by Rosemary Horrox (Editor), W. Mark Ormrod (Editor)

Other authors: Richard Britnell (Contributor), Janet E. Burton (Contributor), Bruce M.S. Campbell (Contributor), Wendy R. Childs (Contributor), Peter Coss (Contributor)14 more, Eamon Duffy (Contributor), Eamon Duffy (Contributor), Valerie I.J. Flint (Contributor), Robin Frame (Contributor), P.J.P. Goldberg (Contributor), Maryanne Kowaleski (Contributor), Philippa C. Maddern (Contributor), Mavis E. Mate (Contributor), Charles Phythian-Adams (Contributor), Michael Prestwich (Contributor), S.H. Rigby (Contributor), Miri Rubin (Contributor), Paul Strohm (Contributor), Simon Walker (Contributor)

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What was life really like in England in the later Middle Ages? This comprehensive introduction explores the full breadth of English life and society in the period 1200-1500. Opening with a survey of historiographical and demographic debates, the book then explores the central themes of later medieval society, including the social hierarchy, life in towns and the countryside, religious belief, and forms of individual and collective identity. Clustered around these themes a series of authoritative essays develop our understanding of other important social and cultural features of the period, including the experience of war, work, law and order, youth and old age, ritual, travel and transport, and the development of writing and reading. Written in an accessible and engaging manner by an international team of leading scholars, this book is indispensable both as an introduction for students and as a resource for specialists.… (more)
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Excellent survey of late medieval social history of England. The essays are all excellent, and the book gives a great general overview of what life was like in late medieval England. ( )
  Gwendydd | Dec 31, 2007 |
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Horrox, RosemaryEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ormrod, W. MarkEditormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Britnell, RichardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Burton, Janet E.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Campbell, Bruce M.S.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Childs, Wendy R.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Coss, PeterContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Duffy, EamonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Duffy, EamonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Flint, Valerie I.J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Frame, RobinContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Goldberg, P.J.P.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kowaleski, MaryanneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Maddern, Philippa C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mate, Mavis E.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Phythian-Adams, CharlesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Prestwich, MichaelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rigby, S.H.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rubin, MiriContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Strohm, PaulContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Walker, SimonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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What was life really like in England in the later Middle Ages? This comprehensive introduction explores the full breadth of English life and society in the period 1200-1500. Opening with a survey of historiographical and demographic debates, the book then explores the central themes of later medieval society, including the social hierarchy, life in towns and the countryside, religious belief, and forms of individual and collective identity. Clustered around these themes a series of authoritative essays develop our understanding of other important social and cultural features of the period, including the experience of war, work, law and order, youth and old age, ritual, travel and transport, and the development of writing and reading. Written in an accessible and engaging manner by an international team of leading scholars, this book is indispensable both as an introduction for students and as a resource for specialists.

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