Wife and Widow in Medieval England
Author: Sue Sheridan Walker
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780472104154
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines the role of women in medieval law and society
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Law and Society in Later Medieval England and Ireland
Author: Paul Brand
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-06-30
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780367594367
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLaw mattered in later medieval England and Ireland. From the charter to the will to the court roll, the majority of the documents which have survived from later medieval England and Ireland, and medieval Europe in general, are legal in nature. Yet despite the fact that law played a prominent role in medieval society, legal history has long been a m
How to Survive in Medieval England
Author: Toni Mount
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Published: 2021-08-04
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 1526754428
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn in-depth guide to life in medieval England, including class, housing, spirituality, fashion, grooming, food, commerce, jobs, health, law, war, and more. Imagine you were transported back in time to Medieval England and had to start a new life there. Without mobile phones, ipads, internet, and social media networks, when transport means walking or, if you’re fortunate, horseback, how will you know where you are or what to do? Where will you live? What is there to eat? What shall you wear? How can you communicate when nobody speaks as you do and what about money? Who can you go to if you fall ill or are mugged in the street? However can you fit into and thrive in this strange environment full of odd people who seem so different from you? All these questions and many more are answered in this new guidebook for time-travelers: How to Survive in Medieval England. A handy self-help guide with tips and suggestions to make your visit to the Middle Ages much more fun, this lively and engaging book will help the reader deal with the new experiences they may encounter and the problems that might occur. Know the laws so you don’t get into trouble or show your ignorance in an embarrassing faux pas. Enjoy interviews with the celebrities of the day, from a businesswoman and a condemned felon, to a royal cook and King Richard III himself. Have a go at preparing medieval dishes and learn some new words to set the mood for your time-travelling adventure. Have an exciting visit but be sure to keep this book at hand. “Fun and creative. . . . If you want a handy guide to take on your journeys to the past or you just want a book to better understand the past, I highly suggest you read this book, “How to Survive in Medieval England” by Toni Mount.” —Adventures of a Tudor Nerd
The Decline of Serfdom in Late Medieval England
Author: Mark Bailey
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 1843838907
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScholars from various disciplines have long debated why western Europe in general, and England in particular, led the transition from feudalism to capitalism. The decline of serfdom between c.1300 and c.1500 in England is central to this "Transition Debate", because it transformed the lives of ordinary people and opened up the markets in land and labour. Yet, despite its historical importance, there has been no major survey or reassessment of decline of serfdom for decades. Consequently, the debate over its causes, and its legacy to early modern England, remains unresolved. This dazzling study provides an accessible and up-to-date survey of the decline of serfdom in England, applying a new methodology for establishing both its chronology and causes to thousands of court rolls from 38 manors located across the south Midlands and East Anglia. It presents a ground-breaking reassessment, challenging many of the traditional interpretations of the economy and society of late-medieval England, and, indeed, of the very nature of serfdom itself. Mark Bailey is High Master of St Paul's School, and Professor of Later Medieval History at the University of East Anglia. He has published extensively on the economic and social history of England between c.1200 and c.1500, including Medieval Suffolk (2007).
Invention and Authorship in Medieval England
Author: Robert Edwards
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780814213407
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRobert R. Edward's Invention and Authorship in Medieval England examines the ways in which writers established themselves as authors in medieval England. It offers a critical appraisal of authorship in literary culture and shows how the conventions of authorship are used aesthetically by major writers of the period.
Healing and Society in Medieval England
Author: Faye M. Getz
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Published: 2010-12-15
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 0299129330
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally composed in Latin by Gilbertus Anglicus (Gilbert the Englishman), his Compendium of Medicine was a primary text of the medical revolution in thirteenth-century Europe. Composed mainly of medicinal recipes, it offered advice on diagnosis, medicinal preparation, and prognosis. In the fifteenth-century it was translated into Middle English to accommodate a widening audience for learning and medical “secrets.” Faye Marie Getz provides a critical edition of the Middle English text, with an extensive introduction to the learned, practical, and social components of medieval medicine and a summary of the text in modern English. Getz also draws on both the Latin and Middle English texts to create an extensive glossary of little-known Middle English pharmaceutical and medical vocabulary.
The Great Household in Late Medieval England
Author: C. M. Woolgar
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780300076875
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the later medieval centuries, a whole range of important social, political and artistic activities took place against the backdrop of the great English households. In this vividly illuminating book, C. M. Woolgar explores the details of life in these great houses. Based on an extensive investigation of household accounts and related primary documents, he examines the daily routines, the weekly and annual patterns, and the life-cycle observances of birth, childhood, marriage, death and burial. He also delineates the major changes that transformed the economy and geography of both lay and clerical households between 1200 and 1500.
Late Medieval England, 1399-1509
Author: A. J. Pollard
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEngland's last medieval century was characterised by social stability economic development and cultural vigour which laid the foundations for the emergence of early modern society. Placing the English experience within the vital context of the British Isles, the book ranges from the reign of Henry IV to the closing of the middle ages during the reign of Henry VIII.".
Death and Burial in Medieval England 1066-1550
Author: Christopher Daniell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-06-20
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1134666373
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBringing together knowledge accumulated from historical, archaeological and literary sources, Daniell paints a vivid picture of the entire phenomenon of medieval death and burial. A big contribution to medieval and early modern studies.
Everyday Life in Medieval England
Author: Christopher Dyer
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 0826419828
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEveryday Life in Medieval England captures the day-to-day experience of people in the middle ages - the houses and settlements in which they lived, the food they ate, their getting and spending - and their social relationships. The picture that emerges is of great variety, of constant change, of movement and of enterprise. Many people were downtrodden and miserably poor, but they struggled against their circumstances, resisting oppressive authorities, to build their own way of life and to improve their material conditions. The ordinary men and women of the middle ages appear throughout. Everyday life in Medieval England is an outstanding contribution to both national and local history.
