London, 1100-1600

The Archaeology of a Capital City

by John Schofield, Museum of London (Retired)

Winner of the London Archaeological Prize for outstanding publication of 2010-11

Shortlisted for Current Archaeology Awards 2013 Book of the YearM

Since the early 1970s the increasingly effective conduct of archaeological work in the City of London and surrounding parts of the conurbation have revolutionised our view of the development and European importance of London between 1100 and 1600. There have been hundreds of archaeological excavations of every type of site, from the cathedral to chapels, palaces to outhouses, bridges, wharves, streams, fields, kilns, roads and lanes. The study of the material culture of Londoners over these five centuries has begun in earnest, based on thousands of accurately dated artefacts, especially found along the waterfront. Work by documentary historians has complemented and filled out the new picture.

This book, written by an archaeologist who has been at the centre of this study since 1974, summarises the main findings and new suggestions about the development of the City, its ups and downs through the Black Death and the Dissolution of the Monasteries; its place in Europe as a capital city with great architecture and relations with many other parts of Europe, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean.

London has been the most intensively studied medieval city in Europe by archaeologists, due to the pace of development especially since the 1970s. Thus although it is be a study of a single medieval city, it is also a major contribution to the Archaeology of Europe, 1100-1600.

ISBN-13 (Hardback) 9781845535513
Price (Hardback) £90.00 / $115.00
ISBN-13 (Paperback) 9781908049728
Price (Paperback) £30.00 / $45.00
ISBN (eBook) 9781845535520
Price (eBook) Individual £30.00 / $45.00
Institutional £550.00 / $700.00
Publication 01/10/2011
Pages 346
Size 246 x 189mm
Readership scholars, students; general readers
Illustration 118 black and white illustrations and 10 colour plates

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  • isbn
    9781845535513 (hardback)
    9781845535520 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield (U.K.)
  • series title
    Studies in the Archaeology of Medieval Europe