عنوان

Social Life in Britain from the Conquest to the Reformation /

(Number (ISBN

9780511697104 (ebook)

Number

b502847

Title Proper

Social Life in Britain from the Conquest to the Reformation /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

G. G. Coulton.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge :

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Place of publication not identified :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

publisher not identified,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1919.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (640 pages) :

Other Physical Details

digital, PDF file(s)

Series Title

Cambridge library collection. Medieval History.

Text of Note

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

Text of Note

First published in 1918, and re-issued with forty pages of illustrations in 1919, Social Life in Britain marked a turning point in Coulton's writings. Although a rigorous academic who stressed the importance of using primary sources, Coulton was skilled at making medieval history accessible to a wider audience, by dealing with ordinary lives. He played an important role in encouraging interest in the study of social and economic, rather than political and military, history of the Middle Ages among younger scholars. In the present work, he used his extraordinarily wide reading of historical and literary sources to cover all aspects of ordinary life in medieval Britain. These include birth and childhood, education, town life, food and drink, the Church and medical methods. He also deals with aspects of women's lives, travelling, and bizarre superstitions which were widely held. A fascinating book to dip into, with a wealth of material.

Coulton, G. G., (George Gordon),1858-1947

Date of Transaction

20151005020623.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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