The Commercialisation of English Society, 1000-1500 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Commercialisation of English Society, 1000-1500 write by R. H. Britnell. This book was released on 1996. The Commercialisation of English Society, 1000-1500 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The commercialisation of English society offers a major new interpretation of social and economic change in England over five centuries. By 1500 English livelihoods depended more upon money and commercial transactions than ever before; the institutional framework of markets had been transformed, and urban development was more pronounced. These changes were not, however, caused by any unilinear development of population, output or money supply. This pioneering study examines both institutional and economic transformation, and the social changes that resulted, and stresses the limited importance of formal trading institutions for the development of local trade. Commercial transition is throughout analysed from a broader perspective that looks at the changing power relations within medieval society (which might loosely be described as feudal), and considers how these relations were affected by such commercial development.
Church And Society In England 1000-1500
Church And Society In England 1000-1500 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Church And Society In England 1000-1500 write by Andrew Brown. This book was released on 2017-03-14. Church And Society In England 1000-1500 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What impact did the Church have on society? How did social change affect religious practice? Within the context of these wide-ranging questions, this study offers a fresh interpretation of the relationship between Church, society and religion in England across five centuries of change. Andrew Brown examines how the teachings of an increasingly 'universal' Church decisively affected the religious life of the laity in medieval England. However, by exploring a broad range of religious phenomena, both orthodox and heretical (including corporate religion and the devotional practices surrounding cults and saints) Brown shows how far lay people continued to shape the Church at a local level. In the hands of the laity, religious practices proved malleable. Their expression was affected by social context, status and gender, and even influenced by those in authority. Yet, as Brown argues, religion did not function simply as an expression of social power - hierarchy, patriarchy and authority could be both served and undermined by religion. In an age in which social mobility and upheaval, particularly in the wake of the Black Death, had profound effects on religious attitudes and practices, Brown demonstrates that our understanding of late medieval religion should be firmly placed within this context of social change.
The Rise of Market Society in England, 1066-1800
The Rise of Market Society in England, 1066-1800 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Rise of Market Society in England, 1066-1800 write by Christiane Eisenberg. This book was released on 2013-12-01. The Rise of Market Society in England, 1066-1800 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Focusing on England, this study reconstructs the centuries-long process of commercialization that gave birth to the modern market society. It shows how certain types of markets (e.g. those for real estate, labor, capital, and culture) came into being, and how the social relations mediated by markets were formed. The book deals with the creation of institutions like the Bank of England, the Stock Exchange, and Lloyd’s of London, as well as the way the English dealt with the uncertainty and the risks involved in market transactions. Christiane Eisenberg shows that the creation of a market society and modern capitalism in England occurred under circumstances that were utterly different from those on the European continent. In addition, she demonstrates that as a process, the commercialization of business, society, and culture in England did not lead directly to an industrial society, as has previously been suggested, but rather to a service economy.
The Economy of Medieval Wales, 1067-1536
The Economy of Medieval Wales, 1067-1536 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Economy of Medieval Wales, 1067-1536 write by Matthew Frank Stevens. This book was released on 2019-10-01. The Economy of Medieval Wales, 1067-1536 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book surveys the economy of Wales from the first Norman intrusions of 1067 to the Act of Union of England and Wales in 1536. Key themes include the evolution of the agrarian economy; the foundation and growth of towns; the adoption of a money economy; English colonisation and economic exploitation; the collapse of Welsh social structures and rise of economic individualism; the disastrous effect of the Glyndŵr rebellion; and, ultimately, the alignment of the Welsh economy to the English economy. Comprising four chapters, a narrative history is presented of the economic history of Wales, 1067–1536, and the final chapter tests the applicability in a Welsh context of the main theoretical frameworks that have been developed to explain long-term economic and social change in medieval Britain and Europe.
The Foldcourse and East Anglian Agriculture and Landscape, 1100-1900
The Foldcourse and East Anglian Agriculture and Landscape, 1100-1900 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Foldcourse and East Anglian Agriculture and Landscape, 1100-1900 write by John Belcher. This book was released on 2020-12-18. The Foldcourse and East Anglian Agriculture and Landscape, 1100-1900 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First survey of one of the most important pre-modern farming systems, and its effects on society and landscape.
