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Christopher Dyer
Professor Christopher Dyer
Christopher Dyer is emeritus professor of history at the University of Leicester, having previously been at Edinburgh and Birmingham. He researches medieval social and economic history and archaeology. His most recent book is Peasants Making History (OUP).
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We waver in our interpretation of medieval village society: on the one hand we see the social inequality, the antagonisms and disputes; there were also signs of neighbourly co-operation and collective solidarity. This talk attempts to strike a balance between these interpretations, and to see how social interactions worked. Peace and unity were always under pressure, but usually quarrels were contained and conflict prevented.
Age of Transition?: Economy and Society in England in the Later Middle Ages
£41.84 £46.49
Examines the transition in the economy and society of England between 1250 and 1550. This book shows that development of individual property, response to new consumption patterns, and use of credit and investment, came from the peasantry rather than the aristocracy, and reveals how England was set on course to become the 'first industrial nation'.
Country Merchant, 1495-1520: Trading and Farming at the End of the Middle Ages
£35.99 £39.99
A major contribution to the economic and social history of a mysterious period, the years around 1500, using new evidence and methods of analysis. Presents a fresh and engaging view of history by highlighting an individual, John Heritage.
Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain, 850-1520
£16.19 £17.99
Dramatic social and economic change during the middle ages altered the lives of the people of Britain in far-reaching ways, from the structure of their families to the ways they made their livings. This book presents a fresh view of the British economy from the ninth to the sixteenth century and an account of medieval life.
Standards of Living in the Later Middle Ages: Social Change in England c. 1200-1520
£40.50 £45.00
Revised in 1998, this book explores the realities of medieval English society.
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