Medieval housing / Jane Grenville.

Main entry:

Grenville, Jane.

Title & Author:

Medieval housing / Jane Grenville.

Publication:

London ; Washington : Leicester University Press, 1997.

Description:

viii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Series:

The archaeology of medieval Britain

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-219) and index.
The archaeological study of buildings -- Materials and competence: the practicalities of medieval building -- The post-Conquest hall -- The later medieval hall -- Peasant housing -- Urban housing.

Summary:

"The archaeological study of standing buildings is experiencing a welcome renaissance. This book outlines recent developments in the field and shows how they have contributed to our understanding of medieval domestic dwellings. Evidence from the buildings themselves, from excavation and from documentary sources is combined to provide an outline of the development of building techniques in the Middle Ages, and current knowledge about the housing of the rich, the middling sort and the poor is reviewed. The specific adaptations demanded of domestic dwellings in the growing context of towns are also discussed." "This volume is about the ways of life and standards of living in the Middle Ages. It is aimed not only at archaeologists and historians but also at an increasingly well-informed lay audience which is visiting medieval buildings in greater numbers. The work seeks to explain to such visitors how we may obtain a better comprehension of all levels of society by understanding the houses in which medieval people lived."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0718514785
9780718514785
0718502116
9780718502119

Subject:

Excavations (Archaeology) Great Britain.
Dwellings Great Britain.
Archaeology, Medieval.
Archaeology.
Housing history
Fouilles (Archéologie) Grande-Bretagne.
Habitations Grande-Bretagne.
Archéologie médiévale.
Archéologie.
archaeology.
Dwellings
Excavations (Archaeology)
Archäologie
Funde
Haus
Hausbau
Mittelalterliche Archäologie
Huisvesting.
Wonen.
Archeologische vondsten.
Dwellings Great Britain Medieval period, 1066-1485.
Archaeology, Medieval Great Britain.
Geschichte 500-1500.
Great Britain
England
Großbritannien
Great Britain Antiquities.

Added entries:

Archaeology of medieval Britain.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 179104
Call No.: ID NA963.G7; ID:98-B1577
Status: Available

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