{"product_id":"9781108547642","title":"Church Building and Society in the Later Middle Ages","description":"The construction of a church was undoubtedly one of the most demanding events to take place in the life of a medieval parish. It required a huge outlay of time, money and labour, and often a new organisational structure to oversee design and management. Who took control and who provided the financing was deeply shaped by local patterns in wealth, authority and institutional development - from small villages with little formal government to settlements with highly unequal populations. This all took place during a period of great economic and social change as communities managed the impact of the Black Death, the end of serfdom and the slump of the mid-fifteenth century. This original and authoritative study provides an account of how economic change, local politics and architecture combined in late-medieval England. It will be of interest to researchers of medieval, socio-economic and art history.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120448651504,"sku":"9781108547642","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781108547642_p0.jpg?v=1763692102","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781108547642","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}