London in the Later Middle Ages: Government and People 1200-1500

ISBN-13: 9780199284412 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 488 str.

Caroline M. Barron

Opis

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.

Recenzje

[a] magisterial study... It may be much longer before a more scholarly, richly detailed, and finely structured work appears in this genre. Quite apart from the excellent, solid scholarship packing its pages, the book functions as smoothly as the smartest piece of technology.

O autorze

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