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Living and working together: England's immigrants in the Middle Ages Posted: 16 Feb 2015 03:48 AM PST A major new research database revealing extraordinary data on immigration in England in the late medieval period has been launched by investigators. It reveals evidence about the names, origins, occupations and households of a significant number of foreign nationals who chose to live and work in England in the era of the Hundred Years War, the Black Death and the Wars of the Roses. The project contributes to debates about the longer-term history of immigration to Britain, helping to provide a deep historical and cultural context to contemporary debates over ethnicity, multiculturalism and national identity.