Daily life in the late middle ages
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Daily life in the late middle ages
Sutton, 1998
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
What was life like in the towns and villages of medieval England? A group of experts bring together the results of their research to tell this story, from the time of Agincourt to the establishment of the Tudor monarchy. The full range of medieval life is covered, from the town life of medieval York and London to the life of peasants in the Durham and Warwickshire countryside. Drawing on firsthand accounts, the study tells of leisure pursuits, religious practices, fashions, life at home and in the workshop or field, with sections on women in late medieval households, the peasant economy, the role of money in rent payments, and the changing features of parish religion before the Reformation. Through its carefully observed historical examples, this text illuminates many of the debates on society and social change in the late Middle Ages and offers both an introduction to medieval culture and a overview of life in medieval town and country.
Table of Contents
- Dress and fashions c. 1470, Anne Sutton
- townswomen and their households, Jennifer Ward
- hospital nurses and their work, Carole Rawcliffe
- religion and the Paston family, Gillian Pritchard
- peasants in Arden, Andrew Watkins
- a priory and its tenants, Richard Lomas
- artisans, guilds and government in London, Matthew Davies
- London parishes - development in context, Clive Burgess
- York under the Yorkists, Richard Britnell.
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