Life in a Medieval Gentry Household - Alice De Bryene of Acton Hall, Suffolk, C.1360-1435

Using the household accounts of Alice de Bryene, a widowed gentlewoman, together with bailiffs' and stewards' reports from her home in Suffolk and other estates further afield, this richly detailed study paints a vivid portrait of the lives of ordinary people in the medieval countryside.

List of contents

1. The Medieval Household 2. Marriage and the Family 3. Estate Management 4. The Gentle Lifestyle 5. Men at the Table 6. Women at the Table 7. The Wider World 8. Considerations for the Afterlife Epilogue

About the author

ffiona von Westhoven Perigrinor is an independent scholar and Jungian psycho-analyst. Her previous publications include: Reluctant Pilgrim: the Lost Book of Margery Kempe’s Maidservant (2021) and Strange Tales from my Studio: a Psychotherapist in China (forthcoming). And under her pen-name ffiona Swabey: Eleanor of Aquitaine, Courtly Love and the Troubadours (2004) and Medieval Gentlewoman: Life in a Widow’s Household in the Later Middle Ages (1999). www.perigrinor.co.uk

Summary

Using the household accounts of Alice de Bryene, a widowed gentlewoman, together with bailiffs’ and stewards’ reports from her home in Suffolk and other estates further afield, this richly detailed study paints a vivid portrait of the lives of ordinary people in the medieval countryside.

Product details

• Authors: ffiona von Westhoven Perigrinor, Ffiona von Westhoven Perigrinor
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.11.2021
• EAN: 9781032030418
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3203041-8
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, Suffolk, HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early 15th century c 1400 to c 1450, Later 14th century c 1350 to c 1399, Social and cultural history