English Society in the Later Middle Ages, 1348-1500 - Maurice Keen

English Society in the Later Middle Ages, 1348-1500 by Maurice Keen is part of the Penguin Social History of Britain series. In this book the author traces the causes and scope of social transformation during the period by looking in turn at the development of each "estate" (priests, knights and labourers). He considers the spread of literacy, the terrible devastation wrought by the Black Death (1348-9), the mercantile growth of London alongside the royal court at Westminster, and the new systems of taxation and administration created by the Hundred Years War (1337-1453).Hardcover. 332pp.