Life in a medieval gentry household: Alice de Bryene of Acton Hall, Suffolk, c.1360-1435

"In the Middle Ages the household was such a fundamental part of the social structure that the post-1350 era has been termed 'the Age of the Household.' Academic studies have generally focused on the grand, itinerant households of the wealthy aristocracy, illuminating the lifestyles a...

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1. Verfasser: Von Westhoven Peregrinor, ffiona (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York Routledge 2022
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Zusammenfassung:"In the Middle Ages the household was such a fundamental part of the social structure that the post-1350 era has been termed 'the Age of the Household.' Academic studies have generally focused on the grand, itinerant households of the wealthy aristocracy, illuminating the lifestyles and past-times of this elite class. Using the household accounts of Alice de Bryene, a widowed gentlewoman, together with bailiffs' and stewards' reports from her home in Suffolk and other estates further afield, this richly detailed study paints a vivid portrait of the lives of ordinary people in the medieval countryside; of festivals and feast days, marriage and monuments, family loyalties and betrayals, life and death, the rhythms of the working day and year, and the changing scene in the wider world beyond the household"--
Beschreibung:"Originally published in 1999 by Sutton Publishing Limited (UK) and Routledge Kegan Paul (USA) as "Medieval Gentlewoman: Life in a Widow's Household in the Later Middle Ages" by ffiona Swabey.
Beschreibung:xxiv, 186 Seiten, 9 Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781032030418
9781032030401