Medieval Southampton

The Port and Trading Community, A.D. 1000-1600
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-01075-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 767 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Medieval Culture, Society, & Religion

Originally published in 1973, this book examines the urban community of Southampton through its early and formative years. Southampton is one of the most interesting and important medieval towns, because of its position as a ‘gateway’ between England and the Continent. The author uses both historical and archaeological evidence to establish the characteristics of an emergent burgess class: its trading interests, social pre-occupations and tastes. Problems of government, of economic development, defence and faith are discussed as they came to prominence in the community. The close interconnections within the burgess class are emphasized, and the importance of the neighbourhood and of ‘neighbourliness’ is stressed. The study of Southampton’s urban growth reveals much about economic changes and developments during the medieval period and shows a high level of contact between England and the other countries of Europe. The book is fully illustrated and includes chronological tables and extensive appendices.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Platt, Colin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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