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
Table of Contents
CHAPTER II PORT AND TRADE OF LONDON
CHAPTER III TRADE AND GENTILITY
CHAPTER VII WEALTH AND STATE OF NOBLES AND CITIZENS
CHAPTER VIII MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
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
APPENDIX III FOREIGN MERCHANTS
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
PART I
MEDIÆVAL SOVEREIGNS
CHAPTER I
HENRY II
[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