The creation of a community : the city of Wells in the Middle Ages, David Gary Shaw

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The creation of a community : the city of Wells in the Middle Ages, David Gary Shaw

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the city of Wells in the Middle Ages

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David Gary Shaw

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• The creation of a community : the city of Wells in the Middle Ages

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• Oxford England, Clarendon Press, New York, Oxford University Press, 1993

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [294]-316) and index

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Contents

• 1. Origins. 1. The Early Church. 2. The Development of the Town -- 2. The Size of a Small Town. 1. The Physical City. 2. The Smaller Town in Medieval Europe. 3. Size of Population. 4. Population Change: Dilapidation and Decayed Rents. 5. Population Change: The Admissions List. 6. Migration. 7. Relative Size -- 3. Economy. 1. Occupational Structure. 2. Cloth-Making. 3. Wells and its Countryside. 4. Trade. 5. Labour. 6. Conclusion: Qualifying Urban Decline -- 4. The Balance of Authority. 1. The Burgesses' Power, c.1300. 2. The Moment of Crisis. 3. The Community's Resources. 4. The Accommodation -- 5. Conclusion -- 5. The Social History of the Borough Community, 1377-1500. 1. Membership. 2. Socio-Economic Composition. 3. Participation and Office-Holding. 4. Trades and 'Power'. 5. Oligarchy -- 6. The Culture of the Borough Community, 1377-1510. 1. The Community Ideal. 1. The Institutions of Community -- 7. The Social World Completed. 1. The Foreigners: A Neglected Social Category
• 2. Economic and Political Situation. 3. Poverty. 4. The Scope of Poverty. 5. Women -- 6. Conclusion -- 8. The Culture of the Church. 1. The Cathedral. 2. The Parish. 3. The Parish Guilds. 4. Chantry and Community. 5. Prayer. 6. Alms: The Giving. 7. Education. 8. New Lives. 9. Heterodoxy and Control -- 10. Conclusion -- Conclusion: The Complexity of Small Things -- App. I. Wells Bishops -- App. II. Stewards and Masters of Wells Borough

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23 cm

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xiii, 334 pages

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9780198204015

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(acid-free paper)

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