An age of transition? : economy and society in England in the later Middle Ages / Christopher Dyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dyer, Christopher, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic conditions.

England--Social conditions--1066-1485.

England.

Social conditions.

England--Social conditions--16th century.

England--Economic conditions--16th century.

Physical Description:

vi, 293 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Summary:

Christopher Dyer examines the transition in the economy and society of England between 1250 and 1550. Using new sources of evidence, he demonstrates that important structural changes after 1350 built on the commercial growth of the thirteenth century. He shows that development of individual property, response to new consumption patterns, and use of credit and investment, came from the peasantry rather than the aristocracy. An Age of Transition?, a significant new work by a top medievalist, reveals how England was set on course to become the 'first industrial nation'.

Notes:

"The Ford lectures in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 2001."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-279) and index.

ISBN:

0198221665

OCLC:

57528662