Art of Solidarity in the Middle Ages - Guilds in England 1250-1550

Why did many thousands of men and women join a guild in medieval England? Gervase Rosser explores the conception and workings of these family-like societies through the experiences of their participants, setting them in a wider European context, and in relation to today's debates about individual identity and fulfilment in society.

About the author

Gervase Rosser read history at Oxford University before studying art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has taught medieval history and art history in the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford. His research stems from his interest in how and why communities are formed. His doctoral research in London was published as Medieval Westminster 1200-1540 (1989), which was awarded the Whitfield Prize. He has since worked extensively on guilds in medieval England and Europe, with particular attention to their social functions. He has most recently researched and published, jointly with Jane Garnett, a book on cults of images thought to be miraculous, and how such cults can catalyse community: Spectacular Miracles. Transforming Images in Italy from the Renaissance to the Present (2013).

Summary

Why did many thousands of men and women join a guild in medieval England? Gervase Rosser explores the conception and workings of these family-like societies through the experiences of their participants, setting them in a wider European context, and in relation to today's debates about individual identity and fulfilment in society.

Additional text

this book offers enormously inspiring reading ... it is not only relevant to readers interested in English social and cultural history or in the European Middle Ages in general, but to a wide range of scholars in the humanities.

Product details

• Authors: Gervase Rosser, Gervase (Lecturer in Medieval History and Rosser, Gervase (Lecturer in medieval history and the history of art Rosser, Rosser Gervase
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780198735786
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873578-6
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; England, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, RELIGION / History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), Economic history, History of Religion, Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Social groups: clubs & societies, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Social groups: clubs and societies