Medieval Suffolk: An Economic and Social History, 1200-1500 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781843835295)

The late middle ages were without doubt the most interesting period in Suffolk's history. By the end of the eleventh century Suffolk was wealthy, densely populated, highly commercialised and urbanised; in the fourteenth century its people faced three of the most tumultuous events of the last millennium, the Great Famine (1315-22), the Black Death (1349) and the Peasants' Revolt (1381). Their response was flexible and innovative, because by 1500 Suffolk was one of the richest and most industrialised regions of England, with a strong economy based on cloth manufacture, fishing, dairying and tanning.

Author: Mark Bailey
ISBN-10: 1843835290
ISBN-13: 9781843835295
Publisher: Boydell Press
Language: English
Published: 02/18/2010
Pages: 358
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d