Books by C. M. Woolgar
“In The Great Household, which is aimed at a wider audience, he explores the culture of late medieval England through the prism of the wealthy. Not only are rich people able to afford many more things, but they have left many more accounts of their attitudes, their approaches to the tangible things around them, their ideas, their beliefs—religious beliefs, but also their personal beliefs, their outlook, their superstitions, their attitudes to medicine. It’s a concise compendium of how the wealthy lived.” Read more...
The best books on Daily Life in Medieval England
Ian Mortimer, Historian
Interviews where books by C. M. Woolgar were recommended
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Medieval England: A Social History and Archaeology from the Conquest to 1600 AD
by Colin Platt -
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Living and Dying in England 1100-1540: The Monastic Experience
by Barbara Harvey -
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The Great Household in Late Medieval England
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Standards of Living in the Later Middle Ages: Social Change in England c.1200–1520
by Christopher Dyer -
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Medicine & Society in Later Medieval England
by Carole Rawcliffe
The best books on Daily Life in Medieval England, recommended by Ian Mortimer
The best books on Daily Life in Medieval England, recommended by Ian Mortimer
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there,” wrote L.P. Hartley. The question is: in what ways? Historian Ian Mortimer talks us through five influential books that shed light on daily life in medieval England—from monastic communities and great households to the gruelling lives of the peasantry.
