Immigrant England, 1300-1550 / W. Mark Ormrod, Bart Lambert and Jonathan Mackman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ormrod, W. M., 1957- author.

Lambert, Bart, author.

Mackman, Jonathan, author.

Series:

Manchester medieval studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--England--History--To 1500.

Immigrants.

Emigration and immigration.

History.

England--Emigration and immigration--History.

England.

Great Britain--History--1066-1687.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 300 pages : maps ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"This book provides a vivid and accessible history of first-generation immigrants to England in the later Middle Ages. Accounting for upwards of two percent of the population and coming from all parts of Europe and beyond, immigrants spread out over the kingdom, settling in the countryside as well as in towns, taking work as agricultural laborers, skilled craftspeople and professionals. Often encouraged and welcomed, sometimes vilified and victimised, immigrants were always on the social and political agenda. Immigrant England is the first book to address a phenomenon and issue of vital concern to English people at the time, to their descendants living in the United Kingdom today and to all those interested in the historical dimensions of immigration policy, attitudes to ethnicity and race and concepts of Englishness and Britishness"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Introduction: immigrant England p. 1

2 Defining and regulating the immigrant p. 12

3 Numbers and distribution p. 42

4 Immigrants from the British Isles p. 74

5 Immigrants from overseas p. 94

6 Supplying the market p. 127

7 Wealth, status and gender p. 157

8 Old worlds, new immigrants p. 182

9 Cultural contact p. 202

10 Integration and confrontation p. 226

11 Conclusion: nationalism, racism and xenophobia p. 254.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-285) and index.

Other Format:

Ebook version :

ISBN:

9781526109156

1526109158

9781526109149

152610914X

OCLC:

1038480793