London, 1100-1600

London, 1100-1600
Author: John Schofield
Publisher: Studie in the Archaeology of Medieval Europe
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Archaeology, Medieval
ISBN: 9781908049728

Owing to its pace of development, London is the medieval city in Europe most intensively studied by archaeologists. Although it is a study of a single medieval city, this book is a major contribution to the archaeology of Europe.

Medieval London Houses

Medieval London Houses
Author: John Schofield
Publisher: Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2003
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780300082838

A comprehensive study of domestic buildings in London from about 1200 to the Great Fire in 1666. John Schofield describes houses and such related buildings as almshouses, taverns, inns, shops and livery company halls, drawing on evidence from surviving buildings, archaeological excavations, documents, panoramas, drawn surveys and plans, contemporary descriptions, and later engravings and photographs. Schofield presents an overview of the topography of the medieval city, reconstructing its streets, defences, many religious houses and fine civic buildings. He then provides details about the mediaeval and Tudor London house: its plan, individual rooms and spaces and their functions, the roofs, floors and windows, the materials of construction and decoration, and the internal fittings and furniture. Throughout the text he discusses what this evidence tells us about the special restrictions or pleasures of living in the capital; how certain innovations of plan and construction first occurred in London before spreading to other towns; and how notions of privacy developed. in the City of London and its immediate environs.

Castles and Landscapes

Castles and Landscapes
Author: O. H. Creighton
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd.
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2005
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781904768678

This paperback edition of a book first published in hardback in 2002 is a fascinating and provocative study which looks at castles in a new light, using the theories and methods of landscape studies.

The Wealth of England

The Wealth of England
Author: Susan Rose
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2017-11-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 178570737X

The wool trade was undoubtedly one of the most important elements of the British economy throughout the medieval period - even the seat occupied by the speaker of the House of lords rests on a woolsack. In The Wealth of England Susan Rose brings together the social, economic and political strands in the development of the wool trade and show how and why it became so important. The author looks at the lives of prominent wool-men; gentry who based their wealth on producing this commodity like the Stonors in the Chilterns, canny middlemen who rose to prominence in the City of London like Nicholas Brembre and Richard (Dick) Whittington, and men who acquired wealth and influence like William de la Pole of Hull. She examines how the wealth made by these and other wool-men transformed the appearance of the leading centres of the trade with magnificent churches and other buildings. The export of wool also gave England links with Italian trading cities at the very time that the Renaissance was transforming cultural life. The complex operation of the trade is also explained with the role of the Staple at Calais to the fore leading to a discussion on the way the policy of English kings, especially in the fourteenth century, was heavily influenced by trade in this one commodity. No other book has treated this subject holistically with its influence on the course of English history made plain. Susan Rose presents a fascinating new exposition on the role of the wool trade in the economy and political history of medieval England. She shows how this simple product created wealth and status among men of hugely varying backgrounds, transformed market towns both economically and in architectural terms and contributed to fundamental social and cultural changes through trading links with Italy and other European countries at the height of the Renaissance

Medieval Towns

Medieval Towns
Author: John Schofield
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN:

St Paul's Cathedral Before Wren

St Paul's Cathedral Before Wren
Author: John Schofield
Publisher: Historic England Publishing
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2011
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781848020566

This is the first ever comprehensive account of the archaeology and history of the cathedral and its churchyard from Roman times up to the construction of the Wren building. The cathedrals which preceded that of Wren come to the surface again, and we can appreciate the cultural and religiousimportance of St Paul's over more than 1000 years.

City and Society in the Low Countries, 1100–1600

City and Society in the Low Countries, 1100–1600
Author: Bruno Blondé
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2018-10-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108474683

A comprehensive dissection of the making of urban society in the Low Countries during the middle ages and the sixteenth century.

The Archaeology of Medieval Spain, 1100-1500

The Archaeology of Medieval Spain, 1100-1500
Author: Magdalena Valor
Publisher: Equinox Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Spain
ISBN: 9781845531737

Since 1985, Spanish archaeology has radically improved its organisation and effectiveness, supported by law and the transfer of powers to deal with archaeology from central to regional governments. There have been many excavations on development sites in towns and the countryside, but also new studies of rural landscapes and monuments. As in other European countries, this has produced a mountain of as yet undigested information about the history and archaeology of this fascinating country over four centuries. Now two Spanish archaeologists, aided by a large number of colleagues in Spain, France, Germany and Britain, have produced the first survey in either English or Spanish of the last 30 years of investigations, new discoveries and new theories. Chapters deal with the rural and urban habitat, daily life, trade and technology, castles and fortifications, the display of secular power and all three religions of medieval Spain: Islam, Christianity and Judaism. This is a major contribution to the archaeology of medieval Europe and a handbook for archaeologists and travellers.