Rosamond Faith

A social history of medieval England that in particular illuminates the surprising sense of agency and personal freedom that the English peasants possessed. Highlights the erosion of those freedoms following the Norman conquest in 1066. A highly scholarly book; not written for layman of medieval history (such as myself). Faith's description of the rigidly hierarchical yet profoundly reciprocal -- indeed, "moral" -- class and power structure of the early medieval period has inspired me to start reading more about this era.… (altro)