This authoritative survey of Britain in the later Middle Ages
comprises 28 chapters written by leading figures in the field.
* Covers social, economic, political, religious, and cultural
history in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
* Provides a guide to the historical debates over the later
Middle Ages
* Addresses questions at the leading edge of historical
scholarship
* Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading
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List of Figures x
List of Plates xi
List of Maps xii
List of Contributors xiii
Introduction xvi
Part I Economy and Society in Town and Country 1
1 England: Land and People 3
Bruce M. S. Campbell
2 England: The Family and the Village Community 26
Phillipp R. Schofield
3 England: Towns, Trade and Industry 47
Richard H. Britnell
4 England: Popular Politics and Social Conflict 65
Jane Whittle and S. H. Rigby
5 England: Women and Gender 87
Judith M. Bennett
6 Scotland: Economy and Society 107
Nicholas J. Mayhew
7 Wales: Economy and Society 125
A. D. Carr
8 Ireland: Economy and Society 142
Brian Graham
Part II Politics, Government and Law 163
9 The British Perspective 165
Seán Duffy
10 England: Kingship and the Political Community, c.1100-1272 183
Ralph V. Turner
11 England: Kingship and the Political Community, 1272-1377 208
Scott L. Waugh
12 England: Kingship and the Political Community, 1377-c.1500 224
Rosemary Horrox
13 England: Law, Society and the State 242
Robert C. Palmer
14 England: The Nobility and the Gentry 261
Christine Carpenter
15 Scotland: Politics, Government and Law 283
Hector L. Mac Queen
16 Wales: Politics, Government and Law 309
J. Beverley Smith and Llinos Beverley Smith
17 Ireland: Politics, Government and Law 335
James Lydon
Part III The Church and Piety 357
18 England: Church and Clergy 359
David Lepine
19 England: Piety, Heresy and Anti-clericalism 381
Matthew Groom
20 Scotland: Religion and Piety 396
D. E. R. Watt
21 Wales: Religion and Piety 411
Huw Pryce
22 Ireland: Religion and Piety 430
Henry A. Jefferies
Part IV Education and Culture 449
23 England: Education and Society 451
Jo Ann H. Moran Cruz
24 England: Art and Society 472
Veronica Sekules
25 England: Literature and Society 497
S. H. Rigby
26 Scotland: Culture and Society 521
Louise O. Fradenburg
27 Wales: Culture and Society 541
Susan L. Aronstein
28 Ireland: Culture and Society 558
Edel Bhreathnach and Raghnall Ó Floinn
Bibliography of Secondary Sources 596
Index 649
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S. H. Rigby is Reader in History at the University of Manchester. His previous publications include Engels and the Formation of Marxism (1992), English Society in the Later Middle Ages (1995), Chaucer in Context (1996) and Marxism and History (second edition, 1998).
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