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Author Jervis, Ben, author.

Title The material culture of English rural households c. 1250-1600 / Ben Jervis, Chris Briggs, Alice Forward, Tomasz Gromelski and Matthew Tompkins
Published Cardiff, UK : Cardiff University Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (502 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Summary "This book presents a synthesis and analysis of the possessions of non-elite rural households in medieval England. Drawing on the results of the Leverhulme Trust funded project ‘Living Standards and Material Culture in English Rural Households, 1300-1600’, it represents the first national-scale interdisciplinary analysis of non-elite consumption in the later Middle Ages. The research is situated within debates around rising living standards in the period following the Black Death, the commercialisation of the English economy and the timing of a ‘revolution’ in consumer behaviour. Its novelty derives from its focus on non-elite rural households. Whilst there has been considerable work on the possessions of the great households and those living in larger towns, researchers have struggled to identify appropriate sources for understanding the possessions of those living in the countryside, even though they account for the majority of England’s population at this time. This book will address the gap in understanding. The study combines 3 sources of data to address 2 questions: what goods did medieval households own, and what influenced their consumption habits? " -- Provided by distributor
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Civilization, Medieval.
Middle Ages.
Material culture.
Personal belongings -- England -- History
Consumption (Economics) -- England -- History
Villages -- England
material culture (discipline)
Great Britain -- History -- Medieval period, 1066-1485.
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603.
England -- Rural conditions
Form Electronic book
Author Briggs, Chris (Chris Daniel), author.
Forward, Alice, author
Gromelski, Tomasz W. (Tomasz Witold), 1976- author.
Tompkins, Matthew, author.
ISBN 9781911653486
1911653482