Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850-1520
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Dramatic social and economic change during the middle ages altered the lives of the people of Britain in far-reaching ways, from the structure of their families to the ways they made their livings. In this masterly book, preeminent medieval historian Christopher Dyer presents a fresh view of the British economy from the ninth to the sixteenth century and a vivid new account of medieval life. He begins his volume with the formation of towns and villages in the ninth and tenth centuries and ends with the inflation, population rise, and colonial expansion of the sixteenth century. This is a book about ideas and attitudes as well as the material world, and Dyer shows how people regarded the economy and responded to economic change. He examines the growth of towns, the clearing of lands, the Great Famine, the Black Death, and the upheavals of the fifteenth century through the eyes of those who experienced them. He also explores the dilemmas and decisions of those who were making a living in a changing world-from peasants, artisans, and wage earners to barons and monks. Drawing on archaeological and landscape evidence along with more conventional archives and records, the author offers here an engaging survey of British medieval economic history unrivaled in breadth and clarity.
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The New Economic History of Britain Series - Series editor: David Cannadine
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Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850-1520
Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850-1520,Christopher Dyer,Yale University Press,0300090609,Asia - Korea,Business / Economics / Finance,Cities and towns,Economic History,Economic conditions,Europe - Great Britain - General,Great Britain,History,History: World,Medieval period, 1066-1485,Social Stratification,Social change,Social classes,To 1500,World - General,British & Irish history: c 1000 to c 1500,British & Irish history: c 500 to c 1000,British Isles,History / General,Social history,United Kingdom, Great Britain,c 1000 CE to c 1500,c 1500 to c 1600,c 500 CE to c 1000 CE
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