Title: A Companion to Britain in the Later Middle Ages
By: S.H. RiGreat Britany(Ed.)
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 688
Vendor: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: 2009

Weight: 2 pounds
ISBN: 1405189738
ISBN-13: 9781405189736
Series: Blackwell Companions to British History
Stock No: WW189736

Publisher's Description

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This authoritative survey of Britain in the later Middle Ages comprises 28 chapters written by leading figures in the field.

Covers social, economic, political, religious, and cultural history in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
Provides a guide to the historical debates over the later Middle Ages
Addresses questions at the leading edge of historical scholarship
Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading

Author Bio

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S. H. Rigby is Reader in History at the University of Manchester. His previous publications include Engels and the Formation of Marxism (1992), English Society in the Later Middle Ages (1995), Chaucer in Context (1996) and Marxism and History (second edition, 1998).

Editorial Reviews

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"It remains an immensely valuable summation of the state of mainstream scholarship at the beginning of the twenty-first century, from which students coming to these national histories for the first time will still derive immense benefit." (Speculum, 2010)

Succinct and stimulating" English Historical Review "A handsome, informative and scholarly volume" Medieval Archaeology

"Admirably comprehensive and warmly to be recommended" History

"No scholar, student or general reader could ask for a better guide" Economic History Review

"A fine book with a stellar cast of contributors" Continuity and Change
"Among the better, most nuanced and thought-provoking introductions to its field" Journal of Ecclesiastical History
"An extremely important contribution to medieval British scholarship" Albion
"This is a very impressive product from an ambitious project." Welsh History Review