Life in medieval England
By: [by] J.J. Bagley
Publisher: B.T. Batsford; G. P. Putnam's
Published: 1960
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: England -- Social life and customs
Table of contents: title: Castle and court. The court -- The tenants-in-chief -- The knights -- The bowmen -- Manor house and peasant’s cottage. The village -- The fields -- The demesne -- The forest -- Street and market place. Borough charters -- London : ”flower of cities all!” -- Trade at home and overseas -- Monastery and friary. Monastic orders -- The daily round -- The friars -- School and university. Schools -- Universities -- Scientists and theologians. Greek and Arabic texts -- The medieval universe -- The theologians’ view of science -- Technologists and craftsmen. The masons -- Stages of cathedral construction -- Decorators -- Illuminators and printers -- Decay and transition. The black death -- Economic and political consequences of the black death -- End and beginning.