This is a fascinating account of daily life in Westminster Abbey, one of medieval England's most important monastic communities. It is also a broad scholarly exploration of some major themes in the social history of the Middle Ages by one of its most distinguished historians. Barbara Harvey exploits the exceptionally rich archives of the Benedictine foundation of Westminster to the full, offering numerous vivid insights into the lives of the Westminster monks, their pensioners, and their patrons. She examines their ...
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This is a fascinating account of daily life in Westminster Abbey, one of medieval England's most important monastic communities. It is also a broad scholarly exploration of some major themes in the social history of the Middle Ages by one of its most distinguished historians. Barbara Harvey exploits the exceptionally rich archives of the Benedictine foundation of Westminster to the full, offering numerous vivid insights into the lives of the Westminster monks, their pensioners, and their patrons. She examines their charitable practices, their food and drink, illness and death, the abbey servants and the institution of corrodies--a key aspect of the abbey's finances. Harvey sets her findings in the context both of other religious institutions and of the secular world. Full of color and interest, Living and Dying in England is a highly readable and authoritative contribution to medieval history.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN: 9780198204312.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Black cloth-effect boards, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Illus. dust jacket shows slight surface rubbing, now in mylar. 3rd ptg. xviii, 291 pp., illus.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Oxford University / Clarendon Press, 1993; same date on title and copyright pages, no later printings indicated; xvi, [2], 291pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; minor wear to edges of navy blue cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; text very good throughout. Minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Reader copy. Ex library hardback with DJ; usual stamps/markings. Published in 1993 by The Clarendon Press. Light wear to DJ & page edges little grubby otherwise a good clean copy. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. BS-1F*
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Good. The book may have minor cosmetic wear (i.e. creased spine/cover, scratches, curled corners, folded pages, minor sunburn, minor water damage, minor bent). The book may have some highlights/notes/underlined pages-Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included-Safe and Secure Mailer-No Hassle Return.