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A full colour map showing London in about 1520 - its many churches,
monasteries, legal inns, guild halls, and a large number of
substantial private houses, in the context of the streets and
alleyways that survived the Great Fire and can still be discovered.
Dominating the city are the Tower of London in the east, the old St
Paul's Cathedral in the west and London Bridge in the south. The
city was largely contained within its medieval walls and ditches
but shows signs of spilling out into the great metropolis it was
destined to be. This is a second edition of a map first published
in 2018, incorporating changes to the map as new information has
become available. The map has been the Historic Towns Trust's
number one best seller since publication and has been very well
received. The new edition has a revised cover and illustrations.
Medieval London Widows, 1300-1500 shows that it is possible to
expand the repertoire of examples of medieval women with
personalities and individuality beyond the well-known triad of
Margaret Paston, Margery Kempe and the Wife of Bath. The rich
documentation of London records allows these women to speak for
themselves. They do so largely through their wills, which
themselves exemplify the ability of widows to make choices and to
order their lives.
A full colour map showing London about 1270 to 1300 - its walls and
gates, parish churches, early monasteries and hospitals, and a
growing number of private houses. The city's streets and alleyways
had been established. Dominating London are the Tower of London in
the east, the old St Paul's Cathedral in the west and London Bridge
in the south. Up-river in Westminster, the abbey and the royal
palace had been well established, and the great Westminster Hall is
very evident. London's playground in Southwark was beginning to
grow.
This book brings together recent developments in modern migration
theory, a wide range of sources, new and old tools revisited (from
GIS to epigraphic studies, from stable isotope analysis to the
study of literary sources) and case studies from the ancient
eastern Mediterranean that illustrate how new theories and
techniques are helping to give a better understanding of migratory
flows and diaspora communities in the ancient Near East. A
geographical gap has emerged in studies of historical migration as
recent works have focused on migration and mobility in the western
part of the Roman Empire and thus fail to bring a significant
contribution to the study of diaspora communities in the eastern
Mediterranean. Bridging this gap represents a major scholarly
desideratum, and, by drawing upon the experiences of previously
neglected migrant and diaspora communities in the eastern
Mediterranean from the Hellenistic period to the early mediaeval
world, this collection of essays approaches migration studies with
new perspectives and methodologies, shedding light not only on the
study of migrants in the ancient world, but also on broader issues
concerning the rationale for mobility and the creation and features
of diaspora identities.
This monograph is based on a symposium held in the National
Gallery, London which showed how Richard II's beliefs may have been
expressed in the highly religious work, the Wilton Diptych, and how
he aspired to equal in magnificence the royal figures of Europe, in
particular Bohemia and France. Richard's love of material splendour
from the rebuilding of Westminster Hall to his lavish expenditure
on dress and gifts is argued in these essays. All the facets of the
regal image are underpinned by experts in the history, sociology
and artefacts of the period, who in their studies aim to bring out
the political difficulties under which Richard was operating.
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