{"product_id":"life-on-the-english-manor-a-study-of-peasant-conditions-1150-1400-paperback-9780521091053","title":"Life on the English Manor; A Study of Peasant Conditions 1150–1400 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521091053","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLife on the English Manor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Study of Peasant Conditions 1150–1400\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn account of the daily and yearly round of the English peasant in the Middle Ages.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eH. S. Bennett (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521091053, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 January 1937\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e396 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.6 x 12.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is not just another book on English life in the Middle Ages and the ways of our forefathers … It is written with such clarity and grace and it reconstructs so vividly and yet with such scholarly attention to the evidence the fortunes of the poor six or seven centuries ago that it should attract the attention of a far wider audience.' New York Herald Tribune\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book gives a picture of the daily and yearly round of the English peasant in the Middle Ages. H. S. Bennett explains the feudal system which linked the poor man to the soil and to the service of his lord and the church in a pattern of customary dues and rights, payments, labours and small privileges. The author gives lively details of the pattern of medieval country life: the influence of the seasons and the state of contemporary knowledge on the work of the fields; the place of religion in everyday life; the workings of feudal justice; popular attitudes to the social structure; the business of getting a living. Since all the inhabitants of England outside the few large towns were essentially countrymen, this is an introduction to life in medieval England as a whole.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAuthor's preface\u003cbr\u003e Dedicatory letter\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: a faire felde ful of folke\u003cbr\u003e 1. The church\u003cbr\u003e 2. The manor and its cultivation\u003cbr\u003e 3. The manorial population\u003cbr\u003e 4. The peasant's year\u003cbr\u003e 5. Rents and services\u003cbr\u003e 6. Servile burdens\u003cbr\u003e 7. Manorial administration\u003cbr\u003e 8. The manor court\u003cbr\u003e 9. Everyday life\u003cbr\u003e 10. 'Merrie England'\u003cbr\u003e 11. The road to freedom\u003cbr\u003e 12. The church\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations and authorities\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45908877541656,"sku":"9780521091053","price":33.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521091053_cba67889-af78-4f57-af99-a22968c1c2c3.gif?v=1694970423","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/life-on-the-english-manor-a-study-of-peasant-conditions-1150-1400-paperback-9780521091053","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}