Books by Christopher Dyer
” This is the book that really knocked my socks off in the reading room of the British Library back in the early 1990s. I can remember opening it at random and reading about how Chris Dyer was measuring the size of ruined peasant houses from the 14th century. I thought ‘Gosh. This takes everything to a whole new level.'” Read more...
The best books on Daily Life in Medieval England
Ian Mortimer, Historian
Interviews where books by Christopher Dyer 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
by C. M. Woolgar -
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Standards of Living in the Later Middle Ages: Social Change in England c.1200–1520
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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.
