Sources consulted in preparing
this site
The purpose of this web
site is to explore some facets of peasant life in England in the early fourteenth
century, and hopefully, to stimulate interest in that time. The format does
not permit of treating the subject in great detail.
Those who would like to
learn more will find the following sources to be helpful. They are the ones
used to develop this web site.
- Bennett, H.S., Life on the English Manor:
A Study of Peasant Conditions
- 1150-1400. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1960.
- Cosman,Madeleine Pelner, Fabulous Feasts: Medieval Cookery
and Ceremony.
- New York: Braziller, 1976.
- Costley, Sarah, and Charles Kightly, A Celtic Book of Days.
- London: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1998.
- Coulton, G.G., The Medieval Village.
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1925.
- Gies, Frances and Joseph, Life in a Medieval Village.
- Toronto: Harper & Row, 1990.
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, version 8.
- Grolier Electronic Publishing Inc., 1996.
- Hilton, R.H., A Medieval Society: The West Midlands at the End of the
- Thirteenth Century. London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1966.
- Lindah, Carl, et al, Encyclopedia of Medieval Folklore.
- New York: Garland, 1998.
- Look at Glastonbury Abbey
.
- Bessacarr Prints, Thackray House, Hatfield, Doncaster (Tourist Leaflet).
- Norris, Herbert. Costume & Fashion v.2: Senlac to Bosworth, 1066-1485.
- Toronto: J.M. Dent, 1927.
- Platt, Colin, Medieval England: A Social History and Archaeology
- from the Conquest to A.D. 1600. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978.
- Saul, Nigel, The Batsford Companion to Medieval England.
- London: Batsford Academic and Educational Ltd., 1983.
- Smith, Lesley M., The Making of Britain in the Middle Ages.
- New York: Schocken Books, 1985.
- Spencer, Audrey, Spinning and Weaving at Upper Canada Village.
- Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1964.
- Weiser, Francis X., Handbook of Christian Feasts and Customs:
- The Year of the Lord in Liturgy and Folklore. New York: Deus Books,
Paulist Press, 1963, abridged edtion.
Image sources:
Images 1, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11
Hattinger, Franz, ed., Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de
Berry. Lausanne: Payot,
19__.
Images 2, 3, and the sun in the banner
Medieval Woodcuts
Clipart Collection, October 16, 2000.
Image 8
Oakeshott, Walter,ed., The Rohan Book of Hours.
London: Faber & Faber, 1959.
Images 7, 9
Cazelles, Raymond and Johannes Rathhofer, The Glories of the Tres Riches
Heures du Duc de Berry.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1988.
Image 12
Medieval Macabre,
October 16, 2000.
All images in the Gallery page are from the private collection
of Diane Wales, Burlington, Canada.
