The Medieval Village, G.G. Coulton, Cambridge University Press, 1931
First published in 1925, The Medieval Village by G. G. Coulton is a classic and accessible study of everyday rural life in medieval England. Drawing on manorial records, court rolls and contemporary documents, Coulton reconstructs the social structure, customs and economic realities of the medieval peasantry, challenging romanticised notions of the Middle Ages with a characteristically robust and evidence-based approach. This 1931 third impression, issued by Cambridge University Press, reflects the continuing demand for Coulton's scholarship and remains an engaging and authoritative account of village society in the later Middle Ages.
The Medieval Village, by G.G. Coulton.
Published by The University Press, Cambridge. 1931 third impression (following the first edition printing in 1925). Part of the series 'Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought', also edited by G.G. Coulton.
A smart hardback bound with maroon leather spine and corners, with gilt titles and raised bands to spine, and maroon cloth over boards. Gilt stamped to both boards with the armorial bearings of Selwyn College, Cambridge, and with the shield repeated in gilt to the tail of the spine, indicating the copy was originally supplied to the College library (no library markings or stamps inside). Covers with light wear and mild bumping. Spine now tanned brown. An attractive, soundly bound volume. With complementary marbled endpapers.
Text is generally very good throughout, with some light spotting to endpapers. Gilt top edge. Previous owner's name in pencil to blank endpaper - Professor S. G. E. Lythe.
Text in English.
xxx + 603pp + (2pp) Publisher's list of the author's other works.
Dimensions: approx 228mm high x 155mm wide x 43mm deep.
Weight: approximately 1010g (unpacked).