Medieval Southampton: The Port and Trading Community, A.D. 1000–1600
Author:   Colin Platt
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781041010753


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   08 May 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Medieval Southampton: The Port and Trading Community, A.D. 1000–1600


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Author:   Colin Platt
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.820kg
ISBN:  

9781041010753


ISBN 10:   1041010753
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   08 May 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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.

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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).


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

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