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Life and Work in Medieval Europe

Name: Life and Work in Medieval Europe
Author: P. Boissonade
ISBN: 9780486419879

by P. Boissonade, Eileen Power

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Overview

Erudite yet readable work traces the economic evolution of Europe from 5th to 15th century. Focusing on working people, it covers breakup of feudal estates, development of small craft industries and large capitalist enterprises, rise of wage laborers, development of technical advances in industry and agriculture, rise of international commerce and finance.

Synopsis

The 1927 translation and foreword by Eileen Power of Boissonnade's classic survey of medieval economic history are reproduced in this new Dover edition. The volume will be useful for undergraduate courses in medieval history and historiography, as well as for the specialist. Previous editions are cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)