Two London chronicles from the collections of John Stow Camden Miscellany (Volume XII)

By John Stow and Charles Lethbridge Kingsford

London, before it became a myth, kept minutes. In these two chronicles gathered from John Stow, the city is recorded street by street, year by year, in a voice both public and intimate. Hear London speak for itself. Two London chronicles from the collections of John Stow, edited by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford for the Camden Miscellany series, is a historical chronicle anthology that brings together edited primary sources with the tact and rigour collectors expect. Part antiquarian text edition, part living record, it follows the pressures and pageantry of london civic history: governance, ceremony, disorder, and the daily negotiations of power. Readers drawn to medieval london chronicles will find the texture of london topography and customs; those focused on early modern england will recognise the continuities that carry into Tudor London studies. This is not second-hand storytelling, but the raw material of memory, shaped into a usable london history reference. The value is enduring. Stow stands at the heart of English historical antiquarianism, and these chronicles help explain how London learned to describe itself, and how later historians learned to read it. For casual readers, it is vivid, strangely immediate, and full of human scale; for students and collectors, it is a dependable british history research source and a cornerstone of any english local history collection. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353705509
• ISBN13: 9789353705503
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"