The Later Medieval Inquisitions <I>Post Mortem</I>

Mapping the Medieval Countryside and Rural Society

Contributions by Christopher Dyer, Gordon McKelvie, Janette Garrett, Jennifer C Ward, Katie Clarke, Matthew Holford, Matthew Tompkins, Michael Hicks, Paul Dryburgh, Simon J Payling, Stephen Mileson, William Deller Edited by Michael Hicks

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Publication date:

21 July 2016

Length of book:

240 pages

Publisher

Boydell Press

ISBN-13: 9781782048145

Essays exploring the potential of the Inquisitions post mortem to shed important new light on the medieval world.

The Inquisitions post mortem (IPMs) are a truly wonderful source for many different aspects of late medieval countryside and rural life. They have recently been made digitally accessible and interrogatable by the Mappingthe Medieval Countryside project, and the first fruits of these developments are presented here. The chapters examine IPMs in connection with the landscape and topography of England, in particular markets and fairs and mills;and consider the utility of proofs of age for everyday life on such topics as the Church, retaining, and the wine trade.

MICHAEL HICKS is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Winchester.

Contributors: Katie A. Clarke, William S. Deller, Paul Dryburgh, Christopher Dyer, Janette Garrett, Michael Hicks, Matthew Holford, Gordon McKelvie, Stephen Mileson, Simon Payling, Matthew Tompkins, Jennifer Ward.