Shaping the Nation
Author | : G. L. Harriss |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 729 |
Release | : 2005 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199211197 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199211191 |
Rating | : 4/5 (191 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Shaping the Nation by : G. L. Harriss
Download or read book Shaping the Nation written by G. L. Harriss and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Hundred Years War, the War of the Roses... A succession of dramatic social and political events reshaped England in the period 1360 to 1461. In his lucid and penetrating account of this formative period, Gerald Harriss illuminates a richly varied society, as chronicled in The Canterbury Tales, and examines its developing sense of national identity.