SuitabookMedieval Britain
Peter Hepplewhite
- Reading
- Choose a contents topic that interests you, then look for the connection between its buildings and the people who used them; compare what different structures can suggest.
- Themes
- Buildings as historical evidence: The book uses homes, religious buildings, castles and evidence from deserted villages to explore how people lived in medieval Britain. Its stated approach is explanatory: buildings and village remains are treated as clues for understanding past lives.
- Worth knowing
- The book includes crime, poverty and taxes for the church among its historical topics.