Household Accounts from Medieval England: Part 2: Diet Accounts ii , Cash, Corn and Stock Accounts, Wardrobe Accounts, Catalogue

ISBN	9780197261132
Publisher	British Academy
Manufacturer	British Academy

This is a scholarly article discussing medieval household accounts from England. The author has carefully selected and edited accounts from 14 households, illustrating the full variety of texts that have survived. These include special accounts for expenses on jewels, furs, cloth and armor. The author has also provided a complete catalogue of extant medieval English household accounts.

This volume completes the publication of a unique source for historians of the later medieval nobility. Household accounts contain invaluable evidence on daily life as well as on medieval finance generally. In part 2, Woolgar has carefully selected and edited the accounts of 14 households, illustrating the full variety of texts that have survived. They include special accounts for expenses on jewels, furs, cloth and armour. Woolgar has also provided a complete catalogue of extant medieval English household accounts.