Medieval London (Vol. 1&2). Walter Besant

       Walter Besant

      Medieval London (Vol. 1&2)

      Historical, Social & Ecclesiastical (Complete Edition)

      e-artnow, 2020

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      EAN 4064066310288

Table of Contents

       Volume 1

       Volume 2

      Volume 1

       Table of Contents

Table of Contents

       PART I MEDIÆVAL SOVEREIGNS

       CHAPTER I HENRY II

       CHAPTER II RICHARD I

       CHAPTER III JOHN

       CHAPTER IV HENRY III

       CHAPTER V EDWARD I

       CHAPTER VI EDWARD II

       CHAPTER VII EDWARD III

       CHAPTER VIII RICHARD II

       CHAPTER IX HENRY IV

       CHAPTER X HENRY V

       CHAPTER XI HENRY VI

       CHAPTER XII EDWARD IV

       CHAPTER XIII RICHARD III

       PART II SOCIAL AND GENERAL

       CHAPTER I GENERAL VIEW

       CHAPTER II PORT AND TRADE OF LONDON

       CHAPTER III TRADE AND GENTILITY

       CHAPTER IV THE STREETS

       CHAPTER V THE BUILDINGS

       CHAPTER VI FURNITURE

       CHAPTER VII WEALTH AND STATE OF NOBLES AND CITIZENS

       CHAPTER VIII MANNERS AND CUSTOMS

       CHAPTER IX FOOD

       CHAPTER X SPORT AND RECREATION

       CHAPTER XI LITERATURE AND SCIENCE IN LONDON

       CHAPTER XII FIRE, PLAGUE, AND FAMINE

       CHAPTER XIII CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

       CHAPTER XIV CHRISTIAN NAMES AND SURNAMES

       APPENDICES

       APPENDIX I WYCLYF

       APPENDIX II TRADES OF LONDON

       APPENDIX III FOREIGN MERCHANTS

       APPENDIX IV NAMES OF STREETS

       APPENDIX V

       APPENDIX VI THE SHOP

       APPENDIX VII THE ASSIZE OF BUILDING

       APPENDIX VIII RULES CONCERNING LAWYERS

       APPENDIX IX I APPEND A LIST OF MEDIÆVAL SURNAMES COMPILED FROM THE USUAL AUTHORITIES

       FOOTNOTES:

      PART I

       MEDIÆVAL SOVEREIGNS

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      CHAPTER I

       HENRY II

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      [In considering the reigning Kings in order, I have found it necessary to reserve for the chapters on the Mediæval Government of the City the Charters successively granted to the Citizens, and their meaning.]

      HENRY II. (1133-1189)

       From his effigy at Fontevrault.

      The accession of the young King, then only three-and-twenty years of age, brought to the City as well as to the Country, a welcome period of rest and peace and prosperity. These precious gifts were secured by the ceaseless watchfulness of the King, whose itinerary shows that he was a most unwearied traveller, with a determined purpose and a bulldog tenacity. From the outset