Social Life in Britain: From the Conquest to the Reformation
by Coulton, G. G. (Compiled By)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: Cambridge at the University Press, 1956 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. xx, 566 pp, b&w prontis, preface, about the frontispiece, list of 40 b&w illustrations, I. Land and Folk; II. Birth and Nurture; III. Authors, Scribes and Readers; IV. Church and Churchmen; V. Kings, Knights and War; VI. Manor and Cottage; VII. Town Life; VIII. Rich and Poor; IX. House, Dress and Meals; X. Sports and Pastimes; XI. Wayfaring and Foreign Travel; XII. Women's Life; XIII. Architecture and Arts; XIV. Medicine and Justice; XV. Superstitions and Marvels; index. Reprinted, 1956. "Uniquely, the author has, as far as possible, allowed his characters to speak for themselves. With great care he selected, andgathered together under appropriate headingd, the contemporary records of the period; adding an explanatory note where necessary, but never letting his own personality come between the medieval writer and the modern reader, thus, allowing us to build our own picture of British life in the middle ages from evidence arranged and presented in a convenient form" from the jacket flap. Price clipped. A few very small closed tears with age-toning to spine dj, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Dark-blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001451
- Title
- Social Life in Britain: From the Conquest to the Reformation
- Author
- Coulton, G. G. (Compiled By)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Cambridge at the University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- BRITISH HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY MIDDLE AGES DAILY LIFE CUSTOMS THE CONQUEST TO THE REFORMATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- BRITISH HISTORY;
- Size
- 8vo
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- Marginalia
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- Reprint
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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