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Medieval Towns
Books on towns, their layout and organisation, their fortifications, and their administrative and social functions.
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Life in a Late Medieval City: Chester, 1275-1520
by Jane Laughton
This account of late medieval Chester - shire town, regional and ecclesiastical capital, major port, place of craft manufacture and market with an extensive hinterland - is the result of years of detailed research. The medieval historian Dr Jane Laughton draws on her comprehensive knowledge of the documentary sources to paint a vivid picture of urban society. Particular use is made of the city's court rolls, documents that allow the author to ...
Paperback. Price US$40.00
Trade and Prosperity, War and Poverty: An archaeological and historical investigation into Southampton's French Quarter
by Richard Brown and Alan Hardy
Southampton was one of Englands leading medieval ports, with its trade in commodities such as wine, wool and cloth making it among the most prosperous and cosmopolitan towns in the country during the 13th and 15th centuries. From the late Saxon period, the heart of the city lay between two streets, English Street and French Street, an area known as the French Quarter. A major new investigation of this area revealed an impressive series of ...
Paperback. Price US$50.00
Medieval Towns: The Archaeology of British Towns in their European Setting
by John Schofield and Alan Vince
Archaeologists have shown that towns can claim to be more representative of the nature of society of which they formed part than any other type of site. In towns we are most likely to find archaeological evidence of both long-distance and local trade, of exploitation of natural resources, of specialization and of technological evidence in manufacturing, of social differentiation, of the means of political control, and of the religious aspirations ...
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Town and Country in the Middle Ages: Contrasts, Contacts and Interconnections, 1100-1500
edited by Kate Giles and Christopher Dyer
This book brings together the papers presented at the Society for Medieval Archaeology's spring conference held in York in 2002. The conference set out to reunite urban and rural archaeology. Papers define the differences between town and country, compare the two ways of life, trace the interconnecting links between townspeople and country dwellers, and show how they interacted and influenced one another. Contributors include archaeologists ...
Paperback. Price US$55.00
Circled with Stone: Exeter's City Walls, 1485-1660
by Mark Stoyle
Circled with Stone is the most comprehensive study to date of the fortifications of an early modern English city. The culmination of some twenty years of archaeological and documentary research, it provides a richly detailed portrait of the ancient system of walls, towers and gates which ringed the city of Exeter during the Tudor and early Stuart periods. The book traces the development of the fortifications over time, explores the many purposes ...
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The Material Culture of the Tradesmen of Newcastle upon Tyne 1545 - 1642: The Durham Probate Record evidence
by Gwendolynn Heley
This book examines the material culture of middling tradesmen living in Newcastle upon Tyne between 1545 and 1642. The analysis is based on wills and inventories selected from the Durham Probate Records pertaining to Newcastle residents. The book has ...
Paperback. Price US$102.50
The Medieval Town Wall of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk: A geological perlustration
by John F. Potter
In the Middle Ages, Great Yarmouth was a town of considerable economic and strategic significance; in 1334, it ranked fourth in English provincial towns in its wealth. This work examines in detail the construction and, more especially, material ...
Paperback. Price US$67.50
The Affinities and Antecedents of Medieval Settlement: Topographical perspectives from three of the Somerset hundreds
by Nick Corcos
This meticulous survey of the origins of medieval rural settlements is based on an in-depth analysis of topographical and archaeological evidence and, as such, varies from more usual document-based analyses. Focusing on evidence from three contrasting ...
Paperback. Price US$77.50
Excavation of the Medieval Waterfront at King Stable
P.W. Blinkhorn
Oxford Archaeology carried out an excavation in 1997 on a site alongside the north bank of the river Thames in King Stable Street, Eton, Berkshire. The evidence indicated that the site probably served as a working area for properties fronting the approach ...
Paperback. Price US$8.95
Urban Diversity: Archaeology in the Swedish Province of Ostergotland
edited by Richard Hedvall
With its six medieval towns, the province of Östergötland offers urban diversity. It has towns with roots in early medieval market places and assembly sites, central places for the new Christian religion and the nascent royal power, and towns ...
Paperback. Price US$22.00
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