The creation of a community
the city of Wells in the Middle Ages
by David Gary Shaw
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This is the first scholarly history of the city of Wells in the Middle Ages. David Gary Shaw traces the growth of Wells from a rural manor into the prosperous borough it became by the late twelfth century. Dr Shaw examines the variety of trades which flourished in Wells - including tanning, glove-making, and cloth-manufacture - and analyses the composition of the burgess community.
He explores the importance of the family, the extent of social mobility, the position of women, and the roles of conviviality on the one hand, and religion on the other, in shaping communal activity and communal spirit. Dr Shaw makes full use of the rich archives of Wells to present in vivid and telling detail the anatomy of a medieval borough
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History, Social history, Urbanization, Cities and towns, medieval, Medieval Cities and townsPlaces
England, Wells, Wells (England)Times
Medieval, 500-1500Showing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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The creation of a community: the city of Wells in the Middle Ages
1993, Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press
in English
0198204019 9780198204015
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [294]-316) and index.
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