Decline and Growth in English Towns 1400-1640

A summary and analysis of the controversial debate about the decline and growth of English towns from 1400 to 1640.

List of contents

List of maps; Note on references; Acknowledgement; 1. Introduction; 2. The background to the controversy; 3. Urban fortunes before 1450; 4. Urban crisis at the end of the middle ages; 5. The problems of evidence; 6. Expansion and decline 1540-1640; 7. Conclusion; Appendices; Select Bibliography; Index.

Summary

Historians have long disputed whether English towns were in decline in the period 1400-1640. This book reviews the literature of the controversy, guides the reader through it, and adds new insights derived from the author's own research. This is a book both for students beginning the study of the subject and for their teachers.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Dyer
• Assisted by: Maurice Kirby (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2015
• EAN: 9780521552721
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55272-1
• No. of pages: 90
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 256 g
• Series: New Studies in Economic and So
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories