London in the Later Middle Ages

Caroline M. Barron is Professor of the History of London at Royal Holloway, University of London.

• PART I. CITY AND CROWN: THE REALITY OF ROYAL POWER ; 1. The Demands of the Crown ; 2. The Needs of the City ; PART II. CITY AND PROSPERITY: THE CREATION OF WEALTH ; 3. The Economic Infrastructure ; 4. The Manufacture and Distribution of Goods ; 5. Overseas Trade ; PART III. THE GOVERNMENT OF LONDON ; 6. The City Courts ; 7. The Annually Elected Officials: Mayors and Sheriffs ; 8. The Government of London: A Civic Bureaucracy ; 9. From Guilds to Companies ; PART IV. THE PRACTICE OF CIVIC GOVERNMENT ; 10. The Urban Environment ; 11. Welfare Provision ; Epilogue ; Appendix 1: The Mayors and Sheriffs of London 1190-1558 ; Appendix 2: Civic Office-Holders c.1300-c.1500 ; Bibliography ; Index

impressive ... eminently readable ... One of the many great strengths of the book is in its balance between the exposition of the larger context of Barron's analysis and its illustration by individual cases.