Jim Galloway, MA, PhD (Edinburgh)

Principal Investigator and Researcher

Jim Galloway, MA, PhD (Edinburgh) is Principal Investigator and Researcher on the CMH project London and the Tidal Thames 1250-1550: marine flooding, embankment and economic change, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

Research Interests

Jim's research interests lie within the environmental and economic history of the later middle ages. He is currently exploring the impact of climate change, and in particular the changing incidence of North Sea storm surges, upon human use of the Thames-side marshes. His previous work has examined the role played by medieval London within regional and national economies, and the impact of urban demand upon the development of agrarian resources and market systems.

Selected Publications

  • 'Storm flooding, coastal defence and land-use around the Thames Estuary and tidal river c.1250-1450', Journal of Medieval History (2009, forthcoming)
  • 'Marine flooding in the Thames Estuary and tidal river c 1250-1450: impact and response', Area 39 (2007), 370-379 [with J. Potts].
  • 'Urban hinterlands in later medieval England', in K. Giles and C. Dyer eds., Town and Country in the Middle Ages: Contrasts, Contacts and Interconnections 1100-1500 (Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph 20, 2005), 106-25.
  • 'Town and country in England 1300-1570', in S. Epstein ed., Town and Country in Europe, 1300-1800 (Cambridge University Press, 2001), 106-31.
  • Trade, Urban Hinterlands and Market Integration 1300-1600(contributing editor), (Centre for Metropolitan History, Working Paper Series no. 3, 2000).
  • 'Driven by drink? Ale consumption & the agrarian economy of the London region c.1300-1400' in M. Carlin & J. Rosenthal eds., Food and Eating in Medieval Society (Hambledon Press, 1998), 87-100
  • 'Fuelling the city: production and distribution of firewood and fuel in London's region 1290-1400', Economic History Review xlix (1996), 447-72, [with D. Keene & M. Murphy]
  • A Medieval Capital and its Grain Supply: Agrarian Production and Distribution in the London Region c.1300, Historical Geography Research Group, Research Series Monograph no. 30 (London, 1993) [with B. Campbell, D. Keene & M. Murphy].

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