Medieval British Towns

by Heather Swanson

Medieval British Towns sets out to explain the reasons for the explosion of town foundation throughout the British Isles from the twelfth century onwards and charts the subsequent development of towns through to the early sixteenth century. The raison d'etre of towns throughout the British Isles was as market places and centres of trade in an increasingly commercialised society. The comparative approach adopted here illuminates the diverging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 033363361X
• ISBN13: 9780333633618
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"