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AN AGE OF TRANSITION?
ECONOMY AND SOCIETY IN ENGLAND IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES |
| By: |
Christopher Dyer |
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Hardback |
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£100.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198221665 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198221661 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
3 February, 2005 |
| Series: |
Ford Lectures |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
Christopher Dyer examines the transition in the economy and society of England between 1250 and 1550. Using new sources of evidence, he demonstrates that important structural changes after 1350 built on the commercial growth of the thirteenth century. He shows that development of individual property, response to new consumption patterns, and use of credit and investment, came from the peasantry rather than the aristocracy. An Age of Transition?, asignificant new work by a top medievalist, reveals how England was set on course to become the 'first industrial nation'. |
| Synopsis: |
This significant new work by a prominent medievalist focusses on the period of transition between 1250 and 1550, when the wealth and power of the great lords was threatened and weakened, and when new social groups emerged and new methods of production were adopted. Professor Dyer examines both the commercial growth of the thirteenth century, and the restructuring of farming, trade, and industry in the fifteenth. The subjects investigated include the balance between individuals and the collective interests of families and villages. The role of the aristocracy and in particular the gentry are scrutinized, and emphasis placed on the initiatives taken by peasants, traders, and craftsmen. The growth in consumption moved the economy in new directions after 1350, and this encouraged investment in productive enterprises. A commercial mentality persisted and grew, and producers, such as farmers, profited from the market. Many people lived on wages, but not enough of them to justify describing the sixteenth century economy as capitalist. The conclusions are supported by research in sources not much used before, such as wills, and non-written evidence, including buildings.Christopher Dyer, who has already published on many aspects of this period, has produced the first full-length study by a single author of the 'transition'. He argues for a reassessment of the whole period, and shows that many features of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries can be found before 1500. |
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numerous tables, figures and maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Shortlisted for the Current Archaeology Book of the Year 2009. |
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