
The English
A Social History, 1066-1945
Christopher Hibbert(Author)
HarperCollins (Publisher)
Published on 20. October 1988
Book
Paperback/Softback
800 pages
978-0-586-08471-7 (ISBN)
Description
This social history records the daily life of the English people from the time of the Norman Conquest to our own. Based on diaries, letters, memoirs, official reports, the works of modern social historians and the literature of every period, it traces the development of English society over 900 years. The chapters range over life in the castles, palaces and monasteries, in the homes of rich merchants and in the hovels of peasants, describing the work and play of the inhabitants, their clothes, food and possesions, their servants and animals, their pleasures and suffering, their beliefs and attitudes, their schools, fairs, shops and markets, hospitals and prisons, theatres and churches, farms and factories, taverns and brothels covering every aspect of medieval and modern life.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
(48 illustrations)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
657 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-586-08471-7 (9780586084717)
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Person
Christopher Hibbert was described by Professor Sir John Plumb as a 'writer of the highest ability' and by the 'New Statesman' as 'a pearl of biographers'. He is our leading popular historian whose works reflect meticulous scholarship. His much-acclaimed books include 'The Destruction of Lord Ralgan', 'The Court at Windsor, London' and 'Rome: Biography of a City'.