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From: John Schofield <[log in to unmask]>
Schofield, John, _London 1100-1600: the archaeology of a capital city_,
London: Equinox, 2011.
Abstract:
Since the early 1970s the increasingly effective conduct of
archaeological work in the City of London and surrounding parts of the
conurbation has revolutionised our view of the development of London and
its European importance 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 largely on the
thousands of accurately-dated artefacts, especially found along the
waterfront. Work by documentary historians has complemented and filled
out the new picture. London is the medieval city in Europe most
intensively studied by archaeologists, due to the pace of development
since 1970.
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction: the London area; London before 1100; the extent of the
built-up area over time
2. Public concerns: London's defences; London Bridge; Guildhall, the
archaeology of authority; market buildings and spaces; provision of
water and measuring of time; streets, watercourses and regulation;
landfill, the waterfront and the marsh to the north of the City;
development and land-use in Westminster, Southwark and the suburbs,
including the Tudor theatres
3. Castles, palaces and royal houses: the Tower of London, the western
castles and Westminster Palace; other royal palaces in and around
London; smaller royal houses, hunting lodges and standings
4. Houses, daily life and neighbourhoods: houses, urban and rural;
possessions, artefacts from pits and reclamation dumps; the archaeology
of food; neighbourhoods, ethnic groups, rich and poor
5. Selling and making: the range of trades in London and their
buildings; taverns, inns and land transport; London's regional and
international trade, as illustrated by pottery; the river, boats and
ships; manufacturing - textiles, clothing and leather; food and drink;
metalworking; building industry; pottery production; cultural production
of luxuries
6. Religion and religious ways of life: St Paul's Cathedral; parish
churches; religious artefacts; monasteries in London to 1532; burial,
after life and memory; Dissolution and Reformation, 1532-1600; the
archaeology of religion
7. Human health and the environment: human health especially from
excavated skeletons; disease and plague; the environment of buildings,
gardens and cultivation; the Thames, water pollution and floods;
earthquakes; weather, volcanoes and air pollution
8. London's region: farms, manor houses and villages; towns,
communications and specialisation in industry; the demands of London
after 1450; towards the archaeology of the medieval landscape near London
9. Medieval and Tudor London after 1600: attitudes to the past in the
17th century and the Great Fire of 1666; the development of interest in
monuments and archaeology; World Wars and after; the future of medieval
and Tudor London
John Schofield
Archaeologist and Architectural Historian
formerly of Museum of London, UK
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