Constructing a Civic Community in Late Medieval London: The Common Profit, Charity and Commemoration

by David Harry

In the late fourteenth century, London's government, through mismanagement and negligence, experienced a series of crises. Relationships with the crown were tested; competing factions sought to wrest power from the hands of the once all-powerful victualling guilds; revolt in the streets in 1381 targeted the institutions of royal as well as civic power; and, between 1392 and 1397, King Richard removed the liberties of the city and appointed his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178327378X
• ISBN13: 9781783273782
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"