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QUALITY OF VILLAGE LIFE IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND: AN INTER-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH

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1975
Summary:
Historical reconstructions of medieval England are generally deficient in that they tend either to overlook the peasantry entirely, in spite of the fact that it comprised 90% of the population, or they offer only cursory, often inaccurate, accounts of peasant life. Both deficiencies result from the inadequacies of the documentary evidence, yet historians have consistently eschewed available physical evidence which could greatly increase our understanding of the period. Physical evidence, primarily from archaeological sites, is presented to demonstrate how such material can supplement and amend what historians know about medieval English society. The specific questions of the thirteenth century peasant's housing, diet, social and economic isolation, and standard of living are examined in terms of both documentary and physical evidence, to prove that an inter-disciplinary approach can help to resolve conflicting historical interpretations, confirm or refute popular historical reconstructions, and expand our knowledge of medieval England.
Title: THE QUALITY OF VILLAGE LIFE IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND: AN INTER-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH.
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Name(s): LING, JOAN CATHERINE
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1975
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 123 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Historical reconstructions of medieval England are generally deficient in that they tend either to overlook the peasantry entirely, in spite of the fact that it comprised 90% of the population, or they offer only cursory, often inaccurate, accounts of peasant life. Both deficiencies result from the inadequacies of the documentary evidence, yet historians have consistently eschewed available physical evidence which could greatly increase our understanding of the period. Physical evidence, primarily from archaeological sites, is presented to demonstrate how such material can supplement and amend what historians know about medieval English society. The specific questions of the thirteenth century peasant's housing, diet, social and economic isolation, and standard of living are examined in terms of both documentary and physical evidence, to prove that an inter-disciplinary approach can help to resolve conflicting historical interpretations, confirm or refute popular historical reconstructions, and expand our knowledge of medieval England.
Identifier: 13713 (digitool), FADT13713 (IID), fau:10545 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1975.
Subject(s): Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485--Social conditions
Peasants--Great Britain--History
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