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Klappentext An integrated social history of England that spans the conventional divide of the Norman Conquest in 1066. Zusammenfassung This book offers fresh views of the most traumatic period of English history when England was conquered twice in fifty years by Danish and Norman kings and when the influx of foreigners caused major ethnic tension in all areas of life: family! town and countryside! court and church. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Julia Crick and Elisabeth van Houts; Part I. Land Use and People Robin Fleming: 1. Water and land Stephen Rippon; 2. Forest and upland Oliver Rackham; 3. Mineral resources Peter Claughton; 4. Health and disease Carole Rawcliffe; Part II. Authority and Community Bruce O'Brien: 5. Lordship and labour Stephen Baxter; 6. Order and justice John Hudson; 7. War and violence John Hudson; 8. Family, marriage, kinship Elisabeth van Houts; 9. Poor and powerless David Pelteret; Part III. Towns and their Hinterlands David Griffiths: 10. Commerce and markets Richard Britnell; 11. Urban planning Julia Barrow; 12. Urban populations and association Charles West; Part IV. Invasion and Migration Elisabeth van Houts: 13. Ethnicity and acculturation D. M. Hadley; 14. Intermarriage Elisabeth van Houts; 15. The Jews Anna Abulafia; Part V. Religion and Belief Carl Watkins: 16. Rites of passage and pastoral care Sarah Hamilton; 17. Saints and cults Paul Anthony Hayward; 18. Public spectacle Tom Licence; 19. Textual communities (Latin) Teresa Webber; 20. Textual communities (vernacular) Elaine Treharne; Part VI. Learning and Training Julia Crick: 21. Information and its retrieval Nicholas Karn; 22. Esoteric knowledge Andy Orchard; 23. Medical practice and theory Carole Rawcliffe; 24. Subversion Martha Bayless; Glossary; Timeline; Further reading; Index.
