Everyday life in medieval England / Christopher Dyer
1994, First Edition. London ; New York : Hambledon and London. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #469889
ISBN: 1852851120
Physical description; xvi, 336 pages. Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Tables; Preface; Introduction; 1 Power and Conflict in the Medieval English Village; 2 'The Retreat from Marginal Land': The Growth and Decline of Medieval Rural Settlements; 3 Deserted Medieval Villages in the West Midlands; 4 Dispersed Settlements in Medieval England: A Case Study of Pendock, Worcestershire; 5 Changes in Diet in the Late Middle Ages: The Case of Harvest Workers; 6 The Consumption of Freshwater Fish in Medieval England; 7 Gardens and Orchards in Medieval England; 8 English Peasant Buildings in the Later Middle Ages (1200-1500); 9 Wages and Earnings in Late Medieval England: Evidence from the Enforcement of the Labour Laws; 10 The Social and Economic Background to the Rural Revolt of 1381; 11 The Rising of 1381 in Suffolk: Its Origins and Participants; 12 Towns and Cottages in Eleventh-Century England; 13 The Consumer and the Market in the Later Middle Ages; 14 The Hidden Trade of the Middle Ages: Evidence from the West Midlands; 15 Were there any Capitalists in Fifteenth-Century England?; Index. Subjects; England Social life and customs 1066-1485. England Social conditions 1066-1485. Great Britain History Medieval period, 1066-1485. Peasants England History. Villages England History.
Price: €125.00