Colin Platt (1934–2015) was Professor of History at the University of Southampton. He was founding Editor of the journal World Archaeology.

• Part 1: 1000–1200 1. The Urban Setting 2. Royal Borough 3. The Gild Merchant 4. The Church Part 2: 1200–1300 5. Topography of a Prospering Borough 6. Municipal Government and the Great Families 7. The Trading Staples: Wine and Wool 8. The Port as Entrepôt Part 3: 1300–1400 9. The Merchant Capitalists 10. The French Raid, 1338 11. Recession Part 4: 1400–1500 12. Recovery 13. Trade, Distribution and Supply 14. Incorporation 15. Borough Society Part 5: 1500–1600 Central Government and the Dissolution 17. The Economy Transformed. Appendices: a) Biographical Notes b) Family Alliances c) Population and Social Stratification in Medieval Southampton Appendix 2: Select Tenement Histories.

Original Review of Medieval Southampton: ‘The topographical and biographical work is thorough and absorbing. It is set out clearly and interestingly…the book is beautifully produced. The result is a piece of work which will give much pleasure and instruction.’ A.R. Bridbury, Urban History, Volume 2, No. 63 (1975).