Main entry:

Rosser, Gervase.

Title & Author:

Medieval Westminster, 1200-1540 / Gervase Rosser.

Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

Description:

xvii, 425 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-416) and index.
The Making of a Royal Capital, to 1300 -- Before 1200 -- The Thirteenth Century -- The King's Capital, 1300-1540 -- Landlords, Tenants, and Houses -- The Abbey Estate -- The Reduced Density of Settlement in the Mid-Fifteenth Century -- Monastic and Private Enterprise in the Late Medieval Expansion -- Motives for Urban Property Holding -- Fairs and Markets -- The Great Fair of St Edward -- The Little Fair of St Peter -- The Monday Market -- Occupations -- Alehouses, Taverns, and Inns -- Victualling -- Prostitution -- Clothing and Leather Trades -- Metalworking -- Building Trades -- Commerce in the Sanctuary -- Service in Court and Cloister -- Conclusion: Retailing in the Urban Economy -- Population and Society -- The Size of the Population -- The Origin of the Population -- Women -- Professional Services: Law, Medicine, and Government -- Education and Books -- Amusements -- The Margins of Society -- The Distribution of Wealth -- Conclusion: A Diverse and Unequal Society -- Urban Government -- Introduction: What is a Town? -- The Lordship of the Abbot -- The Manor Court as Urban Government -- The Religion of the Lay Community -- The Parish of St Margaret -- Relations Between Monastery and Parish -- The Rebuilding of the Parish Church, 1485-1525 -- Images and Ritual -- The Reformation -- Guilds -- The Social Bonds of Fraternity -- The Guild as Surrogate Town Council -- Charitable Institutions -- The Royal Household -- Westminster Abbey -- The Hospital of St James.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0198201567
9780198201564

Subject:

Westminster abbey (Londres) Histoire.
Cities and towns, Medieval England London History.
Cities and towns, Medieval England London.
Villes médiévales Angleterre Londres.
Cities and towns, Medieval
Civilization
Cités médiévales Grande Bretagne Londres Histoire.
Geschichte (1200-1540)
Westminster (London, England) History.
London (England) History To 1500.
England Civilization 1066-1485.
Westminster.
London.
Westminster (Londres, Angleterre) Histoire.
Londres (Angleterre) Histoire Jusqu'à 1500.
Angleterre Civilisation 1066-1485.
England
England London
England London Westminster
Westminster (London, England) History Medieval period, 1066-1485.
Londres (Grande Bretagne) Westminster abbey Histoire 1066-1485.
Londres (Grande Bretagne) Histoire jusqu'à 1500.
Londres (GB) City of Westminster Histoire.
Londres (GB) Jusqu'à 1500.
Grande-Bretagne Civilisation 1066-1500.
London Westminster (London Borough). Westminster, history

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 55718
Call No.: ID:90-B4186
Status: Available