The Salt of Common Life: Individuality and Choice in the Medieval Town, Countryside, and Church: Essays Presented by J. Ambrose Raftis (Studies in Medieval Culture (Medieval Inst. Publications)) - Hardcover

DeWindt, Edwin Brezette

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 187928846X ISBN 13: 9781879288461

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications, 1995

Synopsis

The essays within this volume, produced in honor of J. Ambrose Raftis, are united by two themes significant in Raftis's career: a belief in the fundamental individuality of medieval English men and women, and a belief in their ability to make choices. However much environment, custom, social structure, and even biology might constrain or otherwise affect personal behavior, the men and women who appear in the often laconic entries of medieval court rolls were distinctive, one-of-a-kind persons, and their actions-their deeds and their misdeeds, their triumphs and their failures, their fortunes and their follies-were often the result of choices they had made. That is the medieval world of J. Ambrose Raftis, and it is that world, and that vision, that this book honors.

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About the Author

Edwin Brezette DeWindt is a professor of history at the University of Detroit Mercy, who teaches on the history of England and the Middle Ages and is a member of the Royal Historical Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 187928846X
• ISBN 13: 9781879288461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 562
• Editor: DeWindt Edwin Brezette