by Bruce M.S. Campbell, James A. Galloway, Derek Keene, and Margaret Murphy

At its peak, around 1300, medieval London was in the second rank of west European cities, and by far the largest city in Britain. Combining innovative methods of analysing the abundant records of the period with theoretical approaches based in economic geography, the study assesses the impact of London's demand for grain on production and distribution in its region.

Edited by Heather Creaton

The history of London is so important in national and indeed international terms, it seems extraordinary that this is the first general bibliography of the subject to appear. It contains over 22,000 selected references to books and articles on the history of London, from the Dark Ages to the beginning of the Second World War. The whole of the former GLC area plus the City is covered. Arrangement is by subject, and there is a substantial analytical indes.

By Virginia Davis

By the standards of what is known of most men and women in the middle ages the English clergy are very well documented. Most information, however, survives for those who were either successful in attaining high office or those who attracted criticism from contemporaries. The bulk of the medieval clergy, especially the unbeneficed, are less well served by the records. An important source which systematically records all clergy, humble or exalted, is the ordination lists which exist in mnay late-medieval bishops’ registers. Despite their value for prosopographical studies of the clergy many of the ordination lists remain unedited and individuals have to be sought in the often closely written folios of the bishops’ registers. Their structure, however, with a fairly standardised format which provides information about many thousands of ordinands, makes them highly suitable for computerisation.

Edited by J.A.I. Champion

This collections of six papers originates from a symposium, held at the Institute of Historical Research in March 1992, on Epidemic Disease in London from the Black Death to Cholera. The essays included reflect the diversity of approaches discussed at the symposium and those currently being adopted in studying the relationship between disease and society. The collection, which both sets out the findings of on-going research projects and tries to outline some of the central methodological and historical concerns for future investigations, will be of value for the established scholar and the student embarking on new research into the history of epidemic disease.

By Samanatha Letters (with Mario Fernandes, Derek Keene and Olwen Myhill)

This is the printed version of the Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs to 1516 which is available online. It is a catalogue that aims to provide systematic information regarding the establishment and operation of markets and fairs in England and Wales from c.900 onwards. Every reference to a market or fair in the source material has been recorded. This includes both prescriptive (generally the oldest, which were held by established custom) and granted markets and fairs, which were usually held by virtue of a royal charter.

Edited by David Mitchell

This lavishly-illustrated collection of ten papers originates from a study day held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in November 1993, 'Innovation and Skill in Goldsmiths' Work'. The essays included here consider the many changes which took place between 1550 and 1750. In England, this period witnessed dramatic developments in the form and style of plate, in new consumer demand, in the organisation of manufacture, in the use of more focused sales techniques and in the expansion of the banking services provided by the goldsmith. The role of apprenticeship in the transfer of skill across the generations in three centres - Paris, Zurich and London - is discussed, together with the question of skill transfer between immigrant and native goldsmiths.

Edited by Ian A. Gadd and Patrick Wallis 

A selection of papers from the 'Guilds: London...England...Europe...' conference held in 2003, these essays engage with guilds as part of the much wider variety of associations and associational cultures that existed in Europe between the tenth and nineteenth centuries. Together, they demonstrate the vitality and the importance of extending the remit of guild scholarship to include periphery as well as core, their afterlife and anticipations as well as their time of fullest flourishing.

Edited by Ian Anders Gadd and Patrick Wallis

A collection of papers from the 'Revisiting the Livery Companies of Early Modern London' conference held in April 2000, exploring the history of London livery companies from a variety of perspectives. Employing historical and interdisciplinary approaches, contributions examine print culture and early histories, civic myths, charity, the family, artisans, mercantile elites, and the control and regulation of guild and economy.

Edited by James A. Galloway, Margaret Murphy and Olwen Myhill

Demesne account rolls form the most important source for the history of English agriculture in the Middle Ages. They provide a wealth of information on the crops grown and livestock reared on manorial demesnes - those parts of manors managed directly by or for their lords - as well as on prices, marketing, rents, building expenses and many other aspects of rural life.