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Contrary to popular belief, the Wars of the Roses had little effect on the lives of the people as a whole. In this first, full-length study of English society in the fifteenth century, Professor Kendall draws upon contemporary accounts of travellers, the PASTON LETTERS and other collections of less well-known correspondence to recreate the substance and the flavour of the life of the time. Ideas, attitudes, fears, housekeeping, recreation, business, life, love and death are all examined to showthat our medieval forebears had very much the same concerns as we do today. This beautifully-written account of the fifteenth century renaissance and its effects shows that the period may well be the basis of the concept of 'Merrie England'.
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Although the Wars of the Roses lasted for most of the last half of the 15th century, this lively account shows that the bitter struggle between great families actually had little effect on the lives of ordinary people in England. Paul Murray Kendall's major historical study vividly unfolds the panorama of daily life during this time, recreating the last half of the 15th century in glorious detail and colour. Ideas, attitudes, fears, aspirations, the "olde daunce" of love and death are all examined to show that our mediaeval forebears had very much the same concerns as we do today. We also learn about the dress of the age, recreation, courtship and marriage, the role of women and children, housekeeping, even what people ate. Dealing with all walks of life, from pirates to Members of Parliament, merchants and minstrels, lords and lawyers, yeomen, ladies in love and bored nuns, this is a vibrant, human story of a fascinating age. It also shows us that the 15th-century renaisssance may well be the basis of the concept of "Merrie England".
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Paul Murray Kendall was Regent's Professor of English at the University of Ohio, Athens OH. Steeped on the period, he was the author of the acclaimed biographies of Richard III and Warwick the Kingmaker.
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- PublisherPenguin Classics
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0141390859
- ISBN 13 9780141390857
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