Towns in Medieval England - Selected Sources

Informationen zum Autor Gervase Rosser Teaches Medieval and Renaissance History and History of Art at the University of Oxford, where he is a Fellow of St Catherine’s College Klappentext This is the first collection of translated sources on towns in medieval England. It draws on the great variety of written evidence for this significant and dynamic period of urban development, and invites students to consider for themselves the challenges and opportunities presented by a wide range of primary written sources. The introduction and editorial commentary situate the extracts within the larger context of European urban history, against a longer chronological backdrop and in relation to the most up-to-date research. Suggestions for further reading enable the student to engage critically with the materials and encourage new work in the field. Collectively, the texts and commentary provide an overview of English medieval urban history, while the emphasis throughout is on the particular character and potential of each type of written evidence, from legal and administrative records to inventories of shops, and from letters and poetry to legendary civic histories. Zusammenfassung Assembles a diverse range of texts to encourage and facilitate the study of medieval towns – a fresh incentive following the collapse of the city-based Roman Empire, shaped by the cultural and commercial currents of the time. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPart I: History and praisePart II: Urban growthPart III: Economic lifePart IV: Social developmentPart V: Urban governmentPart VI: The environment and quality of lifePart VII: Tensions and violencePart VIII: Associational lifePart IX: Religion and cultureGlossary Suggestions for further readingIndex

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Gervase Rosser
• Mitarbeit: Rosser Gervase (Herausgeber und Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 20.06.2016
• EAN: 9780719049095
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-4909-5
• Seiten: 312
• Serien: Manchester Medieval Sources; Manchester Medieval Sources
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; England, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval