A Companion to Britain in the Later Middle Ages

by Rigby, S. H.

• ISBN13: 9781405189736
• ISBN10: 1405189738
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-07
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This authoritative survey of Britain in the later Middle Ages comprises 28 chapters written by leading figures in the field. Covers social, economic, political, religious, and cultural history in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales Provides a guide to the historical debates over the later Middle Ages Addresses questions at the leading edge of historical scholarship Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading

Author Biography

S. H. Rigby is Reader in History at the University of Manchester. His previous publications include Engels and the Formation of Marxism (1992), English Society in the Later Middle Ages (1995), Chaucer in Context (1996) and Marxism and History (second edition, 1998).

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Plates

List of Maps

List of Contributors

Introduction

Economy and Society in Town and Country:

England: Land and People

England: The Family and the Village Community

England: Towns, Trade and Industry

England: Popular Politics and Social Conflict

England: Women and Gender

Scotland: Economy and Society

Wales: Economy and Society

Ireland: Economy and Society

Politics, Government and Law

The British Perspective

England: Kingship and the Political Community, c.1100-1272

England: Kingship and the Political Community, 1272-1377

England: Kingship and the Political Community, 1377-c.1500

England: Law Society and the State

England: The Nobility and the Gentry

Scotland: Politics, Government and Law

Wales: Politics, Government and Law

Ireland: Politics, Government and Law

The Church and Piety

England: Church and Clergy

England: Piety, Heresy and Anti-clericalism

Scotland: Religion and Piety

Wales: Religion and Piety

Ireland: Religion and Piety

Education and Culture

England: Education and Society

England: Art and Society

England: Literature and Society

Scotland: Culture and Society

Wales: Culture and Society

Ireland: Culture and Society

Bibliography of Secondary Sources

Index

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