Daily Life in the Late Middle Ages

Download or read book Daily Life in the Late Middle Ages written by R. H. Britnell and published by Alan Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was life like in the towns and villages of medieval England? The full range of medieval life is covered, from the town life of medieval York and London to the life of peasants in the Durham and Warwickshire countryside. Drawing on newly discovered firsthand accounts, the book tells of leisure pursuits, religious practices, fashions, life at home and in the workshop or field, with sections on women in late medieval households, the peasant economy, the role of money in rent payments, and changing features of parish religion before the Reformation.