Peasants and Landlords in Later Medieval England - Tapa dura

Drawing on much previously unpublished material to give greater voice to peasants, Fryde (history, U. of Wales-Aberystwyth) offers a fresh perspective on rural life in England around the time of the Peasants' Revolt in 1318 and the next 120 years, which saw the gradual disappearance of serfdom, a significant movement of populations as peasants became free to move to more promising places, and radical changes in forms of tenure and land use. Moderately illustrated in black and white. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.