English Life and Manners in the Later Middle Ages

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First published in 1913 by George Routledge & Sons Ltd. Annie Abram was born in London in 1869 and died in Sussex in 1930. As an historian, she contributed significantly to the twentieth-century historiography of late medieval England, researching the social, cultural and religious mores of the English laity and clergy. This title, first published in 1913, comprehensively explores the fabrics of late medieval society using evidence drawn from historical and literary works, official documents and illustrated manuscripts. Largely concentrating on the years between the start of the Black Death in 1348 and the end of the fifteenth century, a period in which we see important developments in the character and organisation of medieval England, chapters discuss the make-up of social order, life in a medieval town, the position of women in society, and the Church’s relationship with the laity. Preface ix List of Illustrations xiii Chapter I. Social Classes 1 Chapter II. Life Amongst the Aristocracy 9 Chapter III. Characteristics of Town Life 18 Chapter IV. The Position of Women 31 Chapter V. The Church and the Nation 46 Chapter VI. Some Aspects of Monastic Life 62 Chapter VII. Business Life 80 Chapter VIII. The Unemployed 95 Chapter IX. Aliens in England 103 Chapter X. Family Life 103 Chapter XI. "Mete and Drinke" 113 Chapter XII. The Mirror of Fashion 134 Chapter XIII. Houses 173 Chapter XIV. Public Health 190 Chapter XV. Education 204 Chapter XVI. Amusements 230 Chapter XVII. Travelling 248 Chapter XVIII. National Character 260 Appendix. Authorities 284 Index 337