A Rural Society After the Black Death: Essex 1350-1525

by L.R. Poos

Book Overview

A Rural Society after the Black Death is a study of rural social structure in the English county of Essex between 1350 and 1500. It seeks to understand how, in the population collapse after the Black Death (1348-1349), a particular economic environment affected ordinary people's lives in the areas of migration, marriage and employment, and also contributed to patterns of religious nonconformity, agrarian riots and unrest, and even rural housing. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521531276
• ISBN13: 9780521531276
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"