Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 689 g
Social and Economic Change
Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 689 g
ISBN: 978-1-84383-328-4
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
A fresh examination of how society and economy changed at the end of the middle ages, comparing urban and rural experience.
The traditional boundary between the medieval and early modern periods is challenged in this new study of social and economic change that bridges the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It addresses the large historical questions -what changed, when and why - through a detailed case study of western Berkshire and Newbury, integrating the experiences of both town and countryside. Newbury is of particular interest being a rising cloth manufacturing centre that had contacts with London and overseas due to its specialist production of kerseys.
The evidence comes from original documentary research and the data are clearly presented in tables and graphs. It is a book alive with theactions of people, famous men such as the clothier John Winchcombe known as 'Jack of Newbury', but more notably by the hundreds of individuals, such as William Eyston or Isabella Bullford, who acquired property, cultivated their lands, or, in the case of Isabella, managed the mill complex after her husband's death.
MARGARET YATES is Lecturer in History at the University of Reading.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte Europäische Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
The End of the Middle Ages?
Landscapes, Population and Wealth in Western Berkshire from the Fourteenth to Sixteenth Centuries
Town and Country Relations: Newbury and its Hinterland
Estate Management and Profitability
Tenant Society
Conclusion: The Chronology of Change
