{"product_id":"gilds-in-the-medieval-countryside-virginia-r-bainbridge-9780851156170","title":"Gilds in the Medieval Countryside: Social and Religious Change in Cambridgeshire C.1350-1558","description":"A study of late medieval religious gilds, their form, function, and influence in the community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis study focuses on religious gilds or fraternities in both the densely settled shire and the sparsely populated fens of Cambridgeshire, from their apparent proliferation in the mid-fourteenth century to their dissolution under Edward VI in 1558, in order to examine social and religious change during the period. Gilds reflected the social hierarchies of their communities, exerting social control and fostering mutual charity in life and commemoration after death; they also made a substantial contribution to the religious and economic life of the parish. Dr Bainbridge examines lay responses to changing devotional and doctrinal patterns through the returns to the 1388-9 survey of religious gilds and surviving gild records; wills, manorial records, poll-tax returns and letters patent supply further information. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dr VIRGINIA R. BAINBRIDGE teaches at St Hilda's College, Oxford.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Virginia R. Bainbridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0851156177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780851156170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Virginia R. Bainbridge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054873899263,"sku":"9780851156170","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57a542a7-cfe7-4281-b05e-37c0c3aa1579.jpg?v=1685032484","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gilds-in-the-medieval-countryside-virginia-r-bainbridge-9780851156170","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}