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Bread and Ale for the Brethren: The Provisioning of Norwich Cathedral Priory, 1260–1536 (Volume 11)
Philip Slavin
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Description for Bread and Ale for the Brethren: The Provisioning of Norwich Cathedral Priory, 1260–1536 (Volume 11)
hardcover. An in-depth study of the changing patterns and fortunes of the provisioning of Norwich Cathedral Priory, c.1260 to 1536. The study of the food supply of late-medieval conventual households sheds much light on the wider process of decline and eventual collapse of direct demesne management and feudalism in the post-Black Death era. Series: Studies in Regional and Local History. Num Pages: 237 pages, Illustrations maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 17. Weight in Grams: 654.
By 1300, England and other West-European countries had undergone a significant degree of commercialisation. More and more communities, both urban and rural, depended on an efficient network of local markets to obtain the goods they needed, in particular for their food. Yet in spite of this, some landed lords and, most notably, monasteries and convents continued to rely on the produce of their own estates, even though there were significant costs and risks associated with the production, transportation and storage of their own food. Philip Slavin sets out to account for this puzzling situation through an in-depth study of the ... Read more
By 1300, England and other West-European countries had undergone a significant degree of commercialisation. More and more communities, both urban and rural, depended on an efficient network of local markets to obtain the goods they needed, in particular for their food. Yet in spite of this, some landed lords and, most notably, monasteries and convents continued to rely on the produce of their own estates, even though there were significant costs and risks associated with the production, transportation and storage of their own food. Philip Slavin sets out to account for this puzzling situation through an in-depth study of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Hertfordshire Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Regional and Local History
Number of Pages
237
Place of Publication
Hatfield, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781907396625
SKU
V9781907396625
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About Philip Slavin
Philip Slavin is a Mellon Fellow and a lecturer in the Department of Economics at McGill University, Montreal, specialising in late-medieval economic, social and environmental history.
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