Medieval Suffolk: An Economic and Social History, 1200-1500
The first volume in what will become the definitive history of Suffolk looks at how the county survived the three most tumultuous events of the period, the Great Famine, the Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt, to emerge as one of the richest English regions.

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.
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Medieval Suffolk: An Economic and Social History, 1200-1500
The first volume in what will become the definitive history of Suffolk looks at how the county survived the three most tumultuous events of the period, the Great Famine, the Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt, to emerge as one of the richest English regions.

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.
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Medieval Suffolk: An Economic and Social History, 1200-1500

Medieval Suffolk: An Economic and Social History, 1200-1500

by Mark Bailey
Medieval Suffolk: An Economic and Social History, 1200-1500

Medieval Suffolk: An Economic and Social History, 1200-1500

by Mark Bailey

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The first volume in what will become the definitive history of Suffolk looks at how the county survived the three most tumultuous events of the period, the Great Famine, the Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt, to emerge as one of the richest English regions.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781843835295
Publisher: BOYDELL & BREWER INC
Publication date: 02/18/2010
Series: ISSN , #1
Pages: 358
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Landlords and their Estates, 1200-1349
Peasants and their Lifestyles, 1200-1349
The Agrarian Economy, 1200-1349
The Suffolk Landscape, 1200-1349
Towns and the Urban Environment
Commerce, Crafts and Industry
Pestilence, Rebellion and Villeinage, 1349-1500
The Rural Economy, 1350-1500
‘The World Turned Upside Down': Rural Society, 1350-1500
Towns, Trade and Industry, 1350-1500
Conclusion
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