Medieval London : from commune to capital / Gwyn A. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Gwyn A.

Series:

Routledge library editions. The city

History of the city

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

London (England)--History--To 1500.

London (England).

London (England)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (403 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This unique study is based on the careful interpretation of evidence in the commercial and administrative records of the City and in the royal records, of the process by which London developed from a commune of a feudal kingdom into the capital city of the English nation. The period covered is the century and a half between 1191 and the beginnings of the Hundred Years' War. Leading themes are the emergence of its administrative elite, the changing pattern of its mercantile interests, and the rise of its craft organizations; and a detailed account is given of the social and constitutional co

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Abbreviations; Prologue; I. The Commune; II. The Structure of Government; III. The Ruling Dynasties; IV. The Administration and its Officers; V. The Mercantile Interests; VI. The Rise of the Crafts; VII. The Disruption of the Commune 1216-63; VIII. The Crisis of 1263-70; IX. The Intervention of Edward I 1270-99; X. The Making of the Constitution 1299-1319; XI. The City and the Kingdom 1319-37; XII. The Capital; Appendices; A. Note on the Population of London; B. The Aldermanic Class circa 1200-1340; C. Communa Mediocris Populi; Primary Sources

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Notes:

First published in 1963 by University of London, Athlone Press.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-68507-X

0-203-71723-6

1-135-68500-2

1-299-14917-0

9780203717233

OCLC:

827206836