Medieval England a social history and archaeology from the Conquest to 1600 AD /: a social history and archaeology from the Conquest to 1600 AD. ([date of publication not identified])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Colin Platt.
• Other Names: Platt, Colin
• Contents: 1. The Anglo-Norman Settlement, the Domesday survey; the first post- Conquest castles; motte-and-bailey earthwork castles and the first stone keeps; cathedrals and monasteries; parish churches -- 2. Economic growth, the boroughs; the villages; assarting in forests and fens; demesne farming, the park, and the manor; building programmes at the greater churches; the friars; reorganization and the parish church; improving building standards at royal and episcopal palaces; the stone castle -- 3. Set-back overpopulation; deterioration of climate; the agrarian crisis of the early fourteenth century; inflation; distribution of wealth : inequalities and the main families; deteriorating public order; defensive moats; professionalization of crafts and the potter -- 4. After the Black Death, mortality and the leasing of the demesnes; dilapidations and desertions in the villages; the yeoman farmer; the dissolution of the village community -- 5. Stability at a reduced level : the church parish church rebuildings, furnishings, and the death cult; colleges, hospitals and almshouses; failures among monastic houses; diversification of resources; higher standards of comfort at the monastic houses -- 6. Conspicuous waste magnate building enterprises; furnishings and jewelry; diet; better living conditions in the towns; improved rural housing : the manor-house, the Wealden house, and the Pennine aisled hall -- 7. Reorientation under the Tudors coastal fortifications; the pre- Reformation Church; the Dissolution; plunder and reform in the secular Church; social unrest, the new landlords, enclosure; the Great Rebuilding; the Elizabethan country house; developing technologies : glass, textiles, and iron; envoi.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: [date of publication not identified]
• Copyright Date: 1978
• Extent: 1 online resource, ill., maps, plans
• Subjects: 306.0942; Excavations (Archaeology) -- England; Archaeology, Medieval; Antiquities; Archaeology, Medieval; Excavations (Archaeology); Social conditions; England -- Social conditions -- 1066-1485; England -- Social conditions -- 16th century; England -- Antiquities; England; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781134794539; 1134794533
• Related ISBNs: 9780415119153; 0415119154; 9780415129138; 0415129133
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.