Standards of Living in the Later Middle Ages

Social Change in England C.1200 1520
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-521-27215-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 502 g

Reihe: Cambridge Medieval Textbooks

Between 1200 and 1520 medieval English society went through a series of upheavals: this was an age of war, pestilence and rebellion. This book explores the realities of life of the people who lived through those stirring times. It looks in turn at aristocrats, peasants, townsmen, wage-earners and paupers, and examines how they obtained their incomes and how they spent them. This revised edition (1998) includes a substantial new concluding chapter and an updated bibliography.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dyer, Christopher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Weights, measures and places; Introduction; 1. Late medieval society; 2. Aristocratic incomes; 3. The aristocracy as consumers; 4. Aristocratic expenditure: making ends meet; 5. Peasant living standards: modelling the peasant economy; 6. Peasants as consumers; 7. Urban standard of living; 8. The wage-earners; 9. Poverty and charity; 10. The weather and standards of living; Conclusion; Medieval living standards - postscript; Bibliography; Index.