First published in 1972, this work in English urban history covers a period which has been called 'the Dark Ages in English Economic History'. The essays range from a discussion of the role of ceremony in the civic life of Coventry at the end of the Middle Ages to the influence of war on London Merchant class at the end of the seventeenth century.

This book offers the first survey of relations between town and country across Europe between the Black Death and the Enlightenment. Thirteen specially commissioned chapters give comprehensive coverage, from Spain to Sweden, and from the Polish Commonwealth to the Netherlands and Italy. Each chapter analyzes its country in the light of recent debates on state formation, urbanization, protoindustrialization, and the regional character of premodern economic growth. The Introduction discusses the historiographical and theoretical framework for systematic comparison, emphasizing how alternative...

In the last decade there has been expansion in the clinical interaction between hematologists and obstetricians, resulting in a need to understand and manage the clinical manifestations of hemato-obstetric science. This book will assist in the diagnosis and treatment of these conditions and provide the reader with a user-friendly, authoritative source of information, incorporating the best practice contained within internationally accepted guidelines. To assist the reader, chapters have a similar format, including tables summarizing the key points in diagnosis and management. There are also...

The first thirty years of the first minute book of the Boston Assembly,of interest for its illumination of the economic history of an important port and centre for puritanical activity.