An Age of Transition?: Economy and Society in England in the Later Middle Ages

by Christopher Dyer

Book Overview

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?,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019921526X
• ISBN13: 9780199215263
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"