Immigrant England, 1300-1550

by Jonathan Mackman, Bart Lambert, Mark Ormrod, et al.

Book Overview

This book provides a vivid and accessible history of first-generation immigrants to England in the later Middle Ages. Accounting for upwards of two percent of the population and coming from all parts of Europe and beyond, immigrants spread out over the kingdom, settling in the countryside as well as in towns, taking work as agricultural labourers, skilled craftspeople and professionals. Often encouraged and welcomed, sometimes vilified and victimised,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526109158
• ISBN13: 9781526109156
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"