Counties and Communities: Essays on East Anglian History presented to Hassell Smith

by Carole Rawcliffe (Editor), Roger Virgoe (Editor), Richard G. Wilson (Editor)

This collection of twenty East Anglian essays celebrates Hassell Smith's seventieth birthday. It has been written and edited by former colleagues, friends and post-graduate students who have been connected, in various ways, with his work at the Centre of East Anglian Studies at the University of East Anglia during the past thirty years. They cover a wide variety of topics from the thirteenth century through to the eighteenth century and make a valuable contribution to the understanding of the history of Suffolk and Norfolk.

345 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Carole Rawcliffe was an editor on the History of Parliament Trust (1979-92) before becoming a Senior Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at UEA (1992-7). She was made Reader in the History of Medicine (1997-2002) and Professor of Medieval History (2002).

Her research focuses upon the theory and practice of medicine in medieval England, with particular emphasis upon hospitals, the interconnection between healing and religion, and urban health. As editor of The History of Norwich (2004), she maintains an interest in the East Anglian region, and has written extensively on its medical provision. Her most recent book, Leprosy in Medieval England (2006), is a study of medieval responses to disease. She is currently investigating concepts of health and welfare before the Reformation.