An age of ambition : English society in the late Middle Ages. [The Myth of Decline; Identity of England; basis of Change, Economy; Class; Marriage & Sex; Household & Family; Attitudes Toward Authority; Apparatus of Religion; Flight from Intellect]

Du Boulay, F. R. H.

Published by New York : Viking Press, [London : Printed by the Curwen Press ; Malta : Photoset by St. Paul's Press Ltd], 1970., 1970

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192 pp. ; illustrated, color plates. ; 22 cm. ; LCCN: 77-91318 ; LC: DA185; Dewey: 914.2/03/4 ; OCLC: 58069 ; A Studio Book ; red cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, date due, pocket, label ; color plates feature Tower of Bab el, Brit Mus. Add. MS 18,850 (Bedford Missal fo.17v; Spinning Wool, Brit Mus. Royal MS 16 G V, fol. 56; Banking scene, Brit Mus. Add. MS 27, 695, fo. 8; Chaucer reading, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, MS 61; Vincent of Beauvais, Brit Mus. Royal MS E i (vol.1), fo. 3; Court of King's Bench (Library of the Inner Temple, London, Misc MS 188); Fortune with Her Wheel, Bit Mus. Royal MS 18 D ii, fo. 30v; A Bishop Dictates His Will, Bit Mus. Add. MS 15,274, fo. 161v ; numerous quotations from the Cely Papers, Paston Letters, Plumpton Corerspondence, Stonor Letters and the Statutes of the Realm ; VG. Seller Inventory # 4878

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Title: An age of ambition : English society in the ...

Publisher: New York : Viking Press, [London : Printed by the Curwen Press ; Malta : Photoset by St. Paul's Press Ltd], 1970.

Publication Date: 1970

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Book Type: Book