Life on the English Manor: Study of Peasant Conditions, 1150-1400
Bennett, H. S.
ISBN 10: 0862993229 ISBN 13: 9780862993221
Published by Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1987
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This book gives a picture of the daily and yearly round of the English peasant in the Middle Ages. H. S. Bennett explains the feudal system which linked the poor man to the soil and to the service of his lord and the church in a pattern of customary dues and rights, payments, labours and small privileges. The author gives lively details of the pattern of medieval country life: the influence of the seasons and the state of contemporary knowledge on the work of the fields; the place of religion in everyday life; the workings of feudal justice; popular attitudes to the social structure; the business of getting a living. Since all the inhabitants of England outside the few large towns were essentially countrymen, this is an introduction to life in medieval England as a whole.
Book Description: "A picture of the peasant's physical and mental environment which is well balanced, full of significant detail and free from disquieting exaggerations of light and shade. A work of much learning, well arranged and clearly written." The Spectator
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Title: Life on the English Manor: Study of Peasant ...
Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
Publication Date: 1987
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good