Author : Richard Holt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 25,56 MB
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1317899814
This book brings together twelve outstanding articles by eminent historians to throw light on the evolution of medieval towns and the lives of their inhabitants. The essays span the period from the dramatic urban expansion of the thirteenth century to the crises in the fifteenth century as a result of plague, population decline and changes in the economy. Throughout the breadth of current debates surrounding the history of urban society is fully explored.
Author : Susan Reynolds
Publisher :
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,38 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Surveying English urban life from the fifth to the early sixteenth centuries, this book traces the stages by which towns attained their varying measures of independence. The internal disputes they suffered and the degree to which they declined in the later Middle Ages are also studied.
Author : Colin Platt
Publisher : Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 33,94 MB
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : 9780586082720
Author : Fritz Rörig
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 13,25 MB
Release : 1967
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520010888
Author : Richard Holt
Publisher : London ; New York : Longman
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 14,79 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN :
This series on the towns and cities of Britain provides an introduction to the research in this field.
Author : Frances Gies
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 41,42 MB
Release : 2010-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0062016687
The reissue of Joseph and Frances Gies’s classic bestseller on life in medieval villages. This new reissue of Life in a Medieval Village, by respected historians Joseph and Frances Gies, paints a lively, convincing portrait of rural people at work and at play in the Middle Ages. Focusing on the village of Elton, in the English East Midlands, the Gieses detail the agricultural advances that made communal living possible, explain what domestic life was like for serf and lord alike, and describe the central role of the church in maintaining social harmony. Though the main focus is on Elton, c. 1300, the Gieses supply enlightening historical context on the origin, development, and decline of the European village, itself an invention of the Middle Ages. Meticulously researched, Life in a Medieval Village is a remarkable account that illustrates the captivating world of the Middle Ages and demonstrates what it was like to live during a fascinating—and often misunderstood—era.
Author :
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 33,72 MB
Release : 2018-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1526135191
This is the first collection of translated sources on towns in medieval England. It draws on the great variety of written evidence for this significant and dynamic period of urban development, and invites students to consider for themselves the challenges and opportunities presented by a wide range of primary written sources. The introduction and editorial commentary situate the extracts within the larger context of European urban history, against a longer chronological backdrop and in relation to the most up-to-date research. Suggestions for further reading enable the student to engage critically with the materials and encourage new work in the field. Collectively, the texts and commentary provide an overview of English medieval urban history, while the emphasis throughout is on the particular character and potential of each type of written evidence, from legal and administrative records to inventories of shops, and from letters and poetry to legendary civic histories.
Author : Henri Pirenne
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 20,50 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Cities and towns, Medieval
ISBN :
"This little volume contains the substance of lectures ... delivered from October to December 1922 in several American universities."--Pref. Bibliography: p. [245]-249.
Author : Samuel Kline Cohn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 26,11 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 1107027802
Draws new attention to popular protest in medieval English towns, away from the more frequently studied theme of rural revolt.
Author : Catherine A M Clarke
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,78 MB
Release : 2011-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0708323936
This ground-breaking volume brings together contributions from scholars across a range of disciplines (including literary studies, history, geography and archaeology) to investigate questions of space, place and identity in the medieval city.
