Caroline M. Barron

London in the Later Middle Ages

Government and People 1200-1500

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first full account of the evolution of the government of London from the tempestuous days of the Commune in the late twelfth century to the calmer waters of Tudor England. Caroline Barron shows how the elected rulers of London developed ways of dealing with both demanding monarchs and quarrelsome city inhabitants. The remarkable survival of the city's own records makes it possible to trace, in unexpected detail, the inner workings of civic politics and government over three hundred years. London was by far the most populous and wealthy city in the kingdom, and its practices were widely copied throughout England. It was, as the Londoners claimed in 1339, the 'mirror and example to the whole land'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 746g
• ISBN-13: 9780199284412
• ISBN-10: 0199284415
• Artikelnr.: 21673063

Autorenporträt

Caroline M. Barron is Professor of the History of London at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. City and Crown: The Reality of Royal Power
1: The Demands of the Crown
2: The Needs of the City
Part II. City and Prosperity: The Creation of Wealth
3: The Economic Infrastructure
4: The Manufacture and Distribution of Goods
5: Overseas Trade
Part III. The Government of London
6: The City Courts
7: The Annually Elected Officials: Mayors and Sheriffs
8: The Government of London: A Civic Bureaucracy
9: From Guilds to Companies
Part IV. The Practice of Civic Government
10: The Urban Environment
11: Welfare Provision
Epilogue
Appendix 1: The Mayors and Sheriffs of London 1190-1558
Appendix 2: Civic Office-Holders c.1300-c.1500
Bibliography
Index