Colin Platt

Medieval Southampton (eBook, ePUB)

The Port and Trading Community, A.D. 1000-1600

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1973, this book examines the urban community of Southampton through its early and formative years. Southampton is one of the most interesting and important medieval towns, because of its position as a 'gateway' between England and the Continent. The author uses both historical and archaeological evidence to establish the characteristics of an emergent burgess class: its trading interests, social pre-occupations and tastes. Problems of government, of economic development, defence and faith are discussed as they came to prominence in the community. The close interconnections within the burgess class are emphasized, and the importance of the neighbourhood and of 'neighbourliness' is stressed. The study of Southampton's urban growth reveals much about economic changes and developments during the medieval period and shows a high level of contact between England and the other countries of Europe. The book is fully illustrated and includes chronological tables and extensive appendices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040338735
• Artikelnr.: 73648015

Autorenporträt

Colin Platt (1934-2015) was Professor of History at the University of Southampton. He was founding Editor of the journal World Archaeology.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: 1000-1200 1. The Urban Setting 2. Royal Borough 3. The Gild
Merchant 4. The Church Part 2: 1200-1300 5. Topography of a Prospering
Borough 6. Municipal Government and the Great Families 7. The Trading
Staples: Wine and Wool 8. The Port as Entrepôt Part 3: 1300-1400 9. The
Merchant Capitalists 10. The French Raid, 1338 11. Recession Part 4:
1400-1500 12. Recovery 13. Trade, Distribution and Supply 14. Incorporation
15. Borough Society Part 5: 1500-1600 Central Government and the
Dissolution 17. The Economy Transformed. Appendices: a) Biographical Notes
b) Family Alliances c) Population and Social Stratification in Medieval
Southampton Appendix 2: Select Tenement Histories.