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Title A social history of England, 900-1200 / edited by Julia Crick and Elisabeth van Houts
Published Cambridge ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 454 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series A Social History of England
Social History of England
Contents Introduction / Julia Crick and Elisabeth van Houts -- I.1. Land Use and People / Robin Fleming: I.2. Water and land / Stephen Rippon; I.3. Forest and upland / Oliver Rackham; I.4. Mineral resources / Peter Claughton; I.5. Health and disease / Carole Rawcliffe -- II. 1. Authority and Community / Bruce O'Brien: II. 2. Lordship and labour / Stephen Baxter; II. 3. Order and justice / John Hudson; II. 4. . War and violence / John Hudson; II. 5. Family, marriage, kinship / Elisabeth van Houts; II. 6. Poor and powerless / David Pelteret -- III. 1. Towns and their Hinterlands/ David Griffiths: III. 2. Commerce and markets / Richard Britnell; III. 3. Urban planning / Julia Barrow; III. 4. Urban populations and association / Charles West -- IV. 1. Invasion and Migration / Elisabeth van Houts: IV. 2. Ethnicity and acculturation / D.M. Hadley; IV. 3. Intermarriage / Elisabeth van Houts; IV. 4. The Jews / Anna Sapir Abulafia -- V.1. Religion and Belief / Carl Watkins: V.2. Rites of passage and pastoral care / Sarah Hamilton; V.3. Saints and cults / Paul Anthony Hayward; V.4. Public spectacle / Tom Licence; V.5. Textual communities (Latin) / Teresa Webber; V.6 Textual communities (vernacular) / Elaine Treharne -- VI. 1. Learning and Training / Julia Crick: VI. 2. Information and its retrieval / Nicholas Karn; VI. 3. Esoteric knowledge / Andy Orchard; VI. 4. Medical practice and theory / Carole Rawcliffe; VI. 5. Subversion / Martha Bayless
Summary "The years between 900 and 1200 saw transformative social change in Europe, including the creation of extensive town-dwelling populations and the proliferation of feudalised elites and bureaucratic monarchies. In England these developments were complicated and accelerated by repeated episodes of invasion, migration and changes of regime. In this book, scholars from disciplines including history, archaeology and literature reflect on the major trends which shaped English society in these years of transition and select key themes which encapsulate the period. The authors explore the landscape of England, its mineral wealth, its towns and rural life, the health, behaviour and obligations of its inhabitants, patterns of spiritual and intellectual life and the polyglot nature of its population and culture. What emerges is an insight into the complexity, diversity and richness of this formative period of English history"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-445) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Civilization
Economic history
Manners and customs
Social conditions
Sozialgeschichte.
SUBJECT England -- Social conditions -- To 1066. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002599
England -- Social conditions -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043312
England -- Economic conditions -- To 1066
England -- Economic conditions -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86001376
England -- Social life and customs -- To 1066. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043319
England -- Social life and customs -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043320
England -- Civilization -- To 1066. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043273
England -- Civilization -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043274
Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056738
Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056730
Subject England
Great Britain
England
England.
England -- Social history -- 900-1200.
Angleterre (GB) -- Conditions sociales -- Moyen âge.
Angleterre (GB) -- Conditions économiques -- Moyen âge.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Crick, Julia C., 1963-
Van Houts, Elisabeth M. C
LC no. 2010052184
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