This is the only book on the market to provide an in-depth analysis and discussion of the theme of migration in medieval England. Its themes - the movement of people and the social and cultural effects of migration - chime strongly with current debates in the UK on immigration; the book demonstrates that movement was a constant influence on the development of the kingdom of England and the concept of Englishness.
This is a ground-breaking volume into the phenomenon of migration in and to England over the medieval millennium. A series of subject specialists synthesise and extend recent research in a wide range of disciplines and marks an important contribution to medieval studies, and to modern debates on migration and the free movement of people.
