| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 377 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Routledge library editions. The city : history of the city |
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Routledge library editions. City : history of the city
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| Contents |
1. The commune -- 2. The structure of government -- 3. The ruling dynasties -- 4. The administration and its officers -- 5. The mercantile interests -- 6. The rise of the crafts -- 7. The disruption of the commune 1216-63 -- 8. The crisis of 1263-70 -- 9. The intervention of Edward I 1270-99 -- 10. The making of the constitution 1299-1319 -- 11. The city and the kingdom 1319-37 -- 12. The capital |
| 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 |
| Notes |
Reprint. originally published: [London] : University of London, Athlone Press, 1963 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-354) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
London (England) -- History -- To 1500.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078206
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London (England) -- Politics and government
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| Subject |
England -- London
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135685003 |
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1135685002 |
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9780203717233 |
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0203717236 |
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9781135685072 |
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113568507X |
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9781135685140 |
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1135685142 |
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041541833X |
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9780415418331 |
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0415849527 |
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9780415849524 |
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