The King's Towns: Identity and Survival in Late Medieval English Boroughs

by Attreed Lorraine, Lorraine Christine Attreed, Lorraine Attreed

The King's Towns is the first book to study the relationship between England's central government and four royally constituted towns of the provinces from the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries. This critical time period presented such challenges as the post-plague economy and the Wars of the Roses. The work's comparative approach permits an in-depth study of such topics as urban violence and commercial activity. Its chronological scope reveals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820451630
• ISBN13: 9780820451633
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 360 Pages