Oxford University Press 1993 Hardcover USED Good Jacket stained around edges; pages have a stain around the pageblock.

ISBN10: 0198201613, ISBN13: 9780198201618, [publisher: Oxford University Press October 1993] Hardcover Jacket stained around edges; pages have a stain around the pageblock.
[Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

ISBN10: 0198201613, ISBN13: 9780198201618, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA] Hardcover
[Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: Date: 1993. * Publisher: Clarendon Press, Oxford University. * Binding and cover condition: Black cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrate dust wrapper showing "The Funeral of Abbot John Islip 1532." NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. Black and red titles to face, white to red spine strip. No shelf wear. No visible fault. FINE.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning. Absolutely minimal marks to top edge. No other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: A few b/w tables & line drawings within text. * Pages: 213 pp. text. lxxx pp. appendices, bibliography, index and blank pages at rear.* Description: Giving an account of daily life in Westminster Abbey, one of medieval England's most important monastic communities, this book is also an exploration of some major themes in the social history of the Middle Ages. Barbara Harvey exploits the exceptionally rich archives of the Benedictine foundation of Westminster to the full, offering numerous insights into the lives of the Westminster monks, their pensioners, and their patrons. She examines their charitable practices, their food and drink, illness and death, the abbey servants, and the institution of corrodies - a key aspect of the abbey's ...