Gaimster David, Stamper Paul (ed.) The Age of Transition The Archaeology of English Culture 1400-1600

The Society for Medieval Archaeology, 1997. — 267 p.Foreword.
Introduction (David Gaimster & Paul Stamper).
The Great Divide (Hugh Tait).
The Tyranny of Constructs: some thoughts on periodisation and change (Paul Courtney).
The Archaeology of Transition: a Continental view (Frans Verhaeghe).
Sampling or Proving ‘reality’? Co-ordinates for the evaluation of historical archaeology research (Helmut Hundsbichler).
Peasants and Farmers: rural settlements in an age of transition (Christopher Dyer).
Innovations, Tradition and Disruption in Tomb Sculpture (Phillip Lindley).
Whitehall Palace and Westminster 1400-1600: a royal seat in transition.
(Simon Thurley).
Civic Buildings and Courtier Houses: new techniques and materials lor architectural ornament (Maurice Howard).
The Gentry House in the Age of Transition (Nicholas Cooper).
Urban Housing in England 1400-1600 (John Schofield).
Rethinking Houses, Rethinking Transitions: of vernacular architecture,
ordinary people and everyday culture (Matthew Johnson).
Defending the Realm: the changing technology of warfare (Jonathan Coad).
English Households in Transition c. 1450-1550: the ceramic evidence.
(David Gaimster and Beverley Nenk).
Diet in Late Medieval and Early Modern London: the archaeobotanical evidence.
(John Giorgi).
Wound Wire and Silver Gilt: changing fashions in dress accessories с. 1400 -c. 1600.
(Geoff Egan ancl Hazel Forsyth).
Getting There, Got It: archaeological textiles and tailoring in London 1330-1580.
(Kay Staniland).
Seals and Heraldry, 1400-1600: public policy and private post (John Cherry).
List of Contributors.