Immigrant England, 13001550

Immigrant England tells the story of thousands of people who migrated to later medieval England. The book draws on uniquely rich evidence about the lives of these men and women, and analyses the attitudes of the English to the foreigners in their midst. Essential reading for everyone interested in the historical dimensions of modern debates.

List of contents

1 Introduction: immigrant England
2 Defining and regulating the immigrant
3 Numbers and distribution
4 Immigrants from the British Isles
5 Immigrants from overseas
6 Supplying the market
7 Wealth, status and gender
8 Old worlds, new immigrants
9 Cultural contact
10 Integration and confrontation
11 Conclusion: nationalism, racism and xenophobia
Bibliography
Index

About the author

W. Mark Ormrod is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of York
Bart Lambert is Lecturer in the History of the European City in the High and Late Middle Ages and a member of the HOST research group at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Jonathan Mackman is Honorary Fellow in History at the University of York

Summary

Immigrant England tells the story of thousands of people who migrated to later medieval England. The book draws on uniquely rich evidence about the lives of these men and women, and analyses the attitudes of the English to the foreigners in their midst. Essential reading for everyone interested in the historical dimensions of modern debates. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Bart Lambert, Jonathan Mackman, Mark Ormrod, W Mark Ormrod, W. M. Ormrod, W. Mark Ormrod, W. Mark (Professor of Medieval History) Ormrod, W. Mark (Professor of Medieval History) La Ormrod
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781526109156
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-0915-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Manchester Medieval Studies; Manchester Medieval Studies Mu; Manchester Medieval Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages