London Bridge: Selected Accounts and Rentals, 1381-1538 - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0900952318 ISBN 13 : 9780900952319

Editeur : London Record Society, 1995

Synopsis

The rulers of London in the late middle ages sought to safeguard the future of their important river crossing by placing its administration in the hands of a specially created institution. By the mid-fourteenth century the "BridgeHouse", as it became known, had been endowed with a large portfolio of properties which provided the bulk of the revenue needed for the frequent, and often urgent, repairs to London Bridge's structure: as many as 130 shops stoodon the bridge itself. As well as providing information on the technicalities of bridge-building or wider issues concerning urban crafts and productive processes, the accounts and rentals from the institution's archive provide useful snapshots of the bridge at various points in its often turbulent history.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Laura Wright is a Reader in English Language at the University of Cambridge, where she works on the history of English.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: London Record Society
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0900952318
• ISBN 13: 9780900952319
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 316
• Éditeur: Harding Professor Vanessa, Wright Laura
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible