English Medieval Industries is an authoritative modern survey of medieval crafts and their products. It is heavily illustrated by pictures of surviving objects and contemporary representations of medieval work. Each industry is approached by material (amongst others stone, tin, lead, copper, iron, brick, glass, leather, bone and wood), discussing its acquisition, working and sale as a finished product. The contributors are the leading experts in their fields. They describe the specialist work that went to make the housing, clothing, tools, vessels and ornaments of medieval people. A general bibliography provides a valuable reference tool.
'All the writers give fascinating accounts of the processes involved in the practice of their chosen craft. NANCY WILSON
'excellent as either a general study or work of reference' P D A HARVEY
JOHN BLAIR is a fellow of the Queen's College, Oxford, and author of Anglo-Saxon Oxfordshire. NIGEL RAMSAY was co-editor of Canterbury Cathedral: A History.
