Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850-1520

This superb book by Christopher Dyer presents an economic history of Britain from the 9th to 16th century. In it he examines the daily lives, ideas and attitudes of all social classes from peasants to aristocrats, exploring both long- and short-term economic developments and the processes and/or people that dictated and brought about these changes. The impact of both local and external events are examined including the policies, successes and failures of local land owners, the arrival of the Vikings, the Norman Conquest, urban decline and the Black Death. Now available again in paperback