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England, Arise: The People, the King and the Great Revolt of 1381
Juliet Barker
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Description for England, Arise: The People, the King and the Great Revolt of 1381
Paperback. A fascinating and evocative account of the Peasants' Revolt from the acclaimed author of Agincourt. Num Pages: 528 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 38. Weight in Grams: 440.
The dramatic and shocking events of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 are to be the backdrop to Juliet Barker's latest book: a snapshot of what everyday life was like for ordinary people living in the middle ages. The same highly successful techniques she deployed inAgincourt and Conquest will this time be brought to bear on civilian society, from the humblest serf forced to provide slave-labour for his master in the fields, to the prosperous country goodwife brewing, cooking and spinning her distaff and the ambitious burgess expanding his business and his mental horizons in the town. The ... Read more
The dramatic and shocking events of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 are to be the backdrop to Juliet Barker's latest book: a snapshot of what everyday life was like for ordinary people living in the middle ages. The same highly successful techniques she deployed inAgincourt and Conquest will this time be brought to bear on civilian society, from the humblest serf forced to provide slave-labour for his master in the fields, to the prosperous country goodwife brewing, cooking and spinning her distaff and the ambitious burgess expanding his business and his mental horizons in the town. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
439g
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349123820
SKU
V9780349123820
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Juliet Barker
Born in Yorkshire, Juliet Barker was educated at Bradford Girls' Grammar School and St Anne's College, Oxford, where she studied history. Widely acclaimed for setting new standards of literary biography, she is also an expert on chivalry and the world authority on medieval English tournaments. Her books include The Brontes, Conquest and the bestselling Agincourt. In 1999 she was one ... Read more
Reviews for England, Arise: The People, the King and the Great Revolt of 1381
A thoroughly researched, engagingly written account of a moment when the world was - almost - turned upside down
BBC History
Barker gives a richly detailed account of the England of 1381 based on painstaking detective work and resurrects from obscurity the ordinary men and women who enflamed the country
The Times
A riveting new study ... Read more
BBC History
Barker gives a richly detailed account of the England of 1381 based on painstaking detective work and resurrects from obscurity the ordinary men and women who enflamed the country
The Times
A riveting new study ... Read more