Social Memory in Late Medieval England: Village Life and Proofs of Age

by Joel T. Rosenthal

Book Overview

This concise and unique volume explores the vital relationship between testimony, memory, and the community in medieval society. Joel T. Rosenthal assembles various categories of testimonies to illuminate how "ordinary" Late Medieval people saw themselves as units of their community, their awareness of the issues surrounding the theater of birth, their interest in the world of and beyond the village, and what aspects of the ubiquitous mother Church...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319696998
• ISBN13: 9783319696997
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"