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Ipswich in the late Middle Ages was a flourishing town. A wide range of commodities passed through its port, to and from far-flung markets, bought and sold by merchants from diverse backgrounds, and carried in ships whose design evolved during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Its trading partners, both domestic and overseas, changed in response to developments in the international, national and local economy, as did the occupations of its craftsmen, with textile, leather and metal industries were of particular importance. However, despite its importance, and the richness of its medieval archives, the story of Ipswich at the time has been sadly neglected. This is a gap which the author here aims to remedy. His careful study allows a detailed picture of urban life to emerge, shedding new light not only on the borough itself, but on towns more generally at a crucial point in their development, at a period of growing affluence when ordinary people enjoyed an unprecedented rise in standards of living, and the benefits of what might be termed our first consumer revolution. Nicholas Amor gained his doctorate from the University of East Anglia.

Industries --- Commerce --- Industrial production --- Industry --- Economics --- History --- Ipswich (England) --- Ipswich, Eng. --- Ipswich (Suffolk) --- History. --- Social life and customs --- Industries, Primitive --- Consumer Revolution. --- Industry. --- Medieval Ipswich. --- Trade. --- Urban Life.

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This remarkable history foregrounds the most marginal sector of the Roman population, the provincial peasantry, to paint a fascinating new picture of peasant society. Making use of detailed archaeological and textual evidence, Leslie Dossey examines the peasantry in relation to the upper classes in Christian North Africa, tracing that region's social and cultural history from the Punic times to the eve of the Islamic conquest. She demonstrates that during the period when Christianity was spreading to both city and countryside in North Africa, a convergence of economic interests narrowed the gap between the rustici and the urbani, creating a consumer revolution of sorts among the peasants. This book's postcolonial perspective points to the empowerment of the North African peasants and gives voice to lower social classes across the Roman world.

Peasants --- History. --- Rome --- 27 <61> --- 937.06 --- Peasantry --- Agricultural laborers --- Rural population --- Marks (Medieval land tenure) --- Villeinage --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Noord-Afrikaanse Staten. Maghreb. Noord-Afrika --- Geschiedenis van Rome: keizerrijk--(31 v.Chr.-476 n.Chr.; algemeen) --- Peasants - Africa, North - History. --- Rome - History. --- Business & Economics --- Agricultural Economics --- History --- 937.06 Geschiedenis van Rome: keizerrijk--(31 v.Chr.-476 n.Chr.; algemeen) --- archaeological. --- christian north africa. --- christianity. --- class differences. --- consumer revolution. --- cultural history. --- economic interests. --- historical. --- history buffs. --- imperialism. --- islamic conquest. --- lower classes. --- nonfiction. --- north africa. --- peasant society. --- peasants. --- political. --- postcolonial perspective. --- provincial peasants. --- punic times. --- regional history. --- religious history. --- roman population. --- roman world. --- rustici. --- social classes. --- social history. --- spread of christianity. --- urbani. --- village settings.