Book of Donmon Teith

This is a comparative study of the role of English and French towns in feudal society in the middle ages. In bringing together much material which dissolves old

Draws new attention to popular protest in medieval English towns, away from the more frequently studied theme of rural revolt.

The records of manorial courts have been used increasingly as the principal source for the reconstruction of rural and small town society in medieval England. T

Anne Schuurman makes the striking argument that medieval literature engenders the spirit of capitalism by defining the sinner as debtor.

The strengthening of ties between crown and locality in the fourteenth century is epitomised by the relationships between York and Bristol (then amongst the lar