Yorkist Age: Daily Life During the Wars of the Roses

by Paul M. Kendall

Paperback, 1970

Status

Available

Call number

942.04

Tags

Britain, social history, history, daily life, Middle Ages, Norton Library

Genres

Collection

Your library

Publication

W.W. Norton & Company (1970), Paperback, 524 pages

Description

Contrary to popular belief, the Wars of the Roses had little effect on the lives of the people as a whole. In this text, the author examines housekeeping, recreation, business, ideas, life and death, that show similarities with life's concerns today.

Subjects

England Social conditions 1066-1485
England Social life and customs 1066-1485
Great Britain History House of York, 1461-1485
Great Britain History Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485
Great Britain Social life and customs 1066-1485

Awards

Ohioana Book Award (Winner — Nonfiction — 1963)

Language

English

Original publication date

1962

Physical description

524 p.; 7.6 inches

ISBN

0393005585 / 9780393005585

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