Social Relations and Ideas: Essays in Honour of R. H. Hilton (Past and Present Publications)

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pp. xiii 337.”This volume of essays in honour of Professor R. H. Hilton is presented by some of his numerous friends and pupils. It attempts to reflect his wide-ranging interests while highlighting certain themes and preserving some distinct degree of unity. The essays illustrate his abiding concern with the social structure, the rural economy and the mentalité of the Middle Ages. They also indicate that his interests have have always been pursued with the use of the widest possible range of sources so that archaeological and literary evidence are employed, as in his own work, alongside the sources more usually familiar to social historians. This book will be of permanent interest to all historians and particularly those specialising in social and economic history.”dust jacket sunned.Signed and inscribed by Christopher Dyer on FEP

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ISBN 052125132X
ISBN13 9780521251327
Number of pages 337
Original Title Social Relations and Ideas: Essays in Honour of R. H. Hilton (Past and Present Publications)
Published Date 1983
Book Condition Very good
Jacket Condition Sunned
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Cambridge
Edition First edition
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pp. xiii 337.”This volume of essays in honour of Professor R. H. Hilton is presented by some of his numerous friends and pupils. It attempts to reflect his wide-ranging interests while highlighting certain themes and preserving some distinct degree of unity. The essays illustrate his abiding concern with the social structure, the rural economy and the mentalité of the Middle Ages. They also indicate that his interests have have always been pursued with the use of the widest possible range of sources so that archaeological and literary evidence are employed, as in his own work, alongside the sources more usually familiar to social historians. This book will be of permanent interest to all historians and particularly those specialising in social and economic history.”dust jacket sunned.Signed and inscribed by Christopher Dyer on FEP

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Weight 0.53 kg