Medieval Suffolk : an economic and social history, 1200-1500 /

Medieval Suffolk : an economic and social history, 1200-1500 /

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Author / Creator:	Bailey, Mark, 1960-
Imprint:	Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; New York : The Boydell Press, 2007.
Description:	xii, 328 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	History of Suffolk, 1754-1506 ; v. 1 History of Suffolk ; v. 1.
Subject:	Economic history. Social conditions Suffolk (England) -- History -- To 1500. Suffolk (England) -- Economic conditions. Great Britain -- History -- Medieval period, 1066-1485. Suffolk (England) -- Social conditions. England -- Suffolk. Great Britain. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6614625

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ISBN:	9781843833154 (acid-free paper) 1843833158 (acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-312) and index.
Summary:	"The late middle ages were without doubt the most interesting period in Suffolk's history. By the end of the eleventh century Suffolk was wealthy, densely populated, highly commercialised and urbanised; in the fourteenth century its people faced three of the most tumultuous events of the last millennium, the Great Famine (1315-22), the Black Death (1349) and the Peasants' Revolt (1381). Their response was flexible and innovative, because by 1500 Suffolk was one of the richest and most industrialised regions of England, with a strong economy based on cloth manufacture, fishing, dairying and tanning." "This first volume in a series which will become the definitive history of Suffolk describes, documents and analyses these events. It combines an accessible and readable summary of the current state of knowledge with fresh insights drawn from extensive investigations of primary and secondary sources."--BOOK JACKET.
Other form:	Online version: Bailey, Mark, 1960- Medieval Suffolk. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; New York : The Boydell Press, 2007

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Summary:	A comprehensive survey of the economy and society of late medieval Suffolk.<br> <br> Suffolk was one of the most important regions of England in the middle ages. Even by 1200 it was wealthy, densely populated, highly commercialised and urbanised; and it survived the impact of three of the most tumultuous events ofthe last millennium, the Great Famine (1315-22), the Black Death (1349) and the Peasants' Revolt (1381), to become by 1500 one of the richest and most industrialised regions of England, based on cloth manufacture, fishing and tanning.<br> This volume describes, documents and analyses these events. It combines an accessible and readable summary of the current state of knowledge with fresh insights drawn from extensive investigations of primary sources. Overall, it offers a guide to and re-evaluation of the history of late medieval Suffolk.
Physical Description:	xii, 328 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-312) and index.
ISBN:	9781843833154 1843833158
ISSN:	1754-1506 ;