Provides an overview of the world that spans 5 centuries & an astonishing period of human progress. It begins in the year 1000 & ends in 1500 -- soon after Columbus is known to have reached the New World. Each chapter covers a century & charts the concurrent developments -- in politics, religion, warfare, exploration, technology, &, chiefly, material culture -- that occurred in the known parts of the world during those 500 years. Emphasizes the arts & architecture but also outlines the historical background to each century, introducing the major events & the social & political forces that were instrumental in shaping the cultures of the world. Color & black & white illustrations.

The Atlas of Mediaeval Man

COLIN PLATT

History

Macmillan

Medieval England: A Social History and Archaeology from the Conquest to 1600 AD

By drawing equally on the work of historians and archaeologists, Colin Platt puts forward a view of English medieval society in which there is much that is new and unexpected. Medieval England brings together a wide range of themes, from castle and palace to peasant hovel, from the great cathedrals and monasteries to the parish churches and `alien' cells. The book is fully illustrated, the pictures being an integral part of the text.For this re-issue Professor Platt has written a new preface which updates the work with a survay of archaeological and historical developments in the last decade.

Europe

Routledge

Colin Platt's guide to what Medieval England was actually like. Mr. Platt draws on a career of distinguished scholarship specialized in Medieval archeology

The Traveller's Guide to Mediaeval England

Travel

Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd.

Large 8vo. xix, 292 pp, list of b&amp;w illustrations, list of color plates, preface and acknowledgments, 1. The Anglo-Norman Settlement; 2. Economic Growth; 3. Set-Back; 4. After the Black Death; 5. Stability at a Reduced Level: The Church; 6. Conspicuous Waste; 7. Reorientation Under the Tudors; abbreviations, notes, index. First Edition, 1978. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. ``The author offers a fresh view of social England from the Norman Conquest to the reign of Elizabeth I, the last of the Tudors. He reconciles the archaeology and social history of Medieval England in a single treatment which brings together two established disciplines more usually developed on their own." from the jacket flap.

Medieval England: A Social History and Archaeology from the Conquest to 1600 A.D

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

Charles Scribner`s Sons

Nice Hardback book. Author - Colin Platt, the author of The Castle in Medieval England and Wales. Barnes and Noble, Publishers. 1996 Edition. Book is as new and is giftable. The only marks on book are the Ex Libris stamps inside front and back cover. Colorful and interesting book!

The Abbeys & Priories of Medieval England

Barnes&Noble

Atlas of Medieval Man

St.Martin's Press

The black death came to England in 1347 and for three centuries bubonic plague remained a continual and threatening presence in the everyday life (and death) of the country. The Black Death and subsequent population losses are central, therefore, to any understanding of the period.
From rural labourer to nobleman, from village priest to abbot, contemptuous of rank and wealth, Death was the guest of every late-medieval household in 'pestilence time.' In this masterly survey, Colin Platt examines what it was like to live with plague at all levels of society. Drawing on evidence from architecture and the arts, he examines the visible legacies of the investment that Christian men and women made in the provision of after-death soul-care. In addition he examines the social and economic consequences of a steep and unprecedented population decline. It is argued that the severe labour shortage that persisted for over a century after the Black Death ultimately broke the ties of feudal bondage.
Written with verve and rich in detail, King Death offers an important analysis of one of the most potent instruments of change in late-medieval England, and a fascinating insight into the industry of death that pestilence brought with it. It will be required reading for all students of late-medieval England.

King Death: The Black Death and its Aftermath in Late-Medieval England

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

University of Toronto Press

King Death

Taylor&Francis

King Death: The Black Death And Its Aftermath In Late-Medieval England

1990 ENGLISH HERITAGE stapled-wraps SOFTCOVER

Dover Castle: Souvenir Guide

English Heritage

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