Civic community in Late Medieval Lincoln : urban society and economy in the age of the Black Death, 1289-1409 /
The later middle ages saw provincial towns and their civic community contending with a number of economic, social and religious problems -- including famine and the plague. This book, using Lincoln -- then a significant urban centre -- as a case study, investigates how such a community dealt with th...
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK :
The Boydell Press
[2017]
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt1kgqt53 |
Sommario:
- Introduction
- 1. Urban foundations : occupational structure
- 2. Lincoln as entrepôt : tolls, trade and credit
- 3. The Crown and the fee farm
- 4. The growth of civic government
- 5. Fraternity, orthodoxy and communal cooperation
- 6. Chantry founders, commemoration and the rental market
- Conclusion
- Appendices.