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London And The Kingdom Vol.-1
Reginald R. Sharpe is a well-known historian who focuses on the history of London, and his book "London and the Kingdom - Vol-1" is a noteworthy historical work. This book explores the complex fabric of London's history, from its earliest days up to the time frame of this study. Sharpe takes a close look at the political, social, economic, and cultural changes in the city. The author describes London's lively streets, bustling markets, and famous sites with impressive accuracy and depth of research. Through in-depth profiles of both notable persons and common Londoners, he gives readers a rich perspective on the city's development. Furthermore, "London and the Kingdom - Vol-1" examines London's relationship with the monarchy, other cities, and regions within the greater context of the English kingdom.
London and the Kingdom
Reginald Robinson Sharpe (1848-1925) was a British author, clerk and editor. His works include: Calendar of Letters from the Mayor and Corporation of the City of London (edited) (1885), Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting (edited) (1889), London and the Kingdom (3 volumes) (1894), Calendar of Letter-Books Preserved Among the Archives of the Corporation of the City of London at the Guildhall (edited) (1912), Calendar of Coroners Rolls of the City of London, A.D. 1300-1378 (edited) (1913).
Public Piers Plowman
"Public Piers Plowman is divided into two parts. The first is an extended essay on what Benson calls the "Langland myth." He traces the evolution of Piers scholarship and demonstrates the limitations of treating Piers as a direct expression of the poet's experience and intellectual views." "In the second part Benson offers an alternative history for the poem. Benson approaches it from a broader public context, using representative examples from vernacular writing, parish art, and civic practices. He argues that Piers reached a wide contemporary audience because, far from being an account only of the author's own life and opinions, it was securely rooted in the common culture of its time and place."--Jacket.
London and the Kingdom - Volume II
Reproduction of the original: London and the Kingdom - Volume II by Reginald R. Sharpe
Chaucer, Gower, Hoccleve and the Commercial Practices of Late Fourteenth-Century London
As residents of fourteenth-century London, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gower, and Thomas Hoccleve each day encountered aspects of commerce such as buying, selling, and worrying about being cheated. Many of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales address how pervasive the market had become in personal relationships. Gower's writings include praises of the concept of trade and worries that widespread fraud has harmed it. Hoccleve's poetry examines the difficulty of living in London on a slender salary while at the same time being subject to all the temptations a rich market can provide. Each writer finds that principal tensions in London focused on commerce - how it worked, who controlled it, how it was organ...
'Of Good and Ill Repute'
To be labeled "of ill repute" in medieval society implied that a person had committed a violation of accepted standards and had stepped beyond the bounds of permissible behavior. To have a reputation "of good repute", however, was so powerful as to help a person accused of a crime be acquitted by his or her fellow peers. Labeling a person in medieval times was a complex matter. Often, unwritten codes of behavior determined who was of good repute and who was not. Members of the nobility committing a "fur-collar crime" might have considerable leeway to oppress their neighbors with violence and legal violations; however, a woman caught without appropriate attire and without the proper escort ha...
Growing Up in Medieval London
When Barbara Hanawalt's acclaimed history The Ties That Bound first appeared, it was hailed for its unprecedented research and vivid re-creation of medieval life. David Levine, writing in The New York Times Book Review, called Hanawalt's book "as stimulating for the questions it asks as for the answers it provides" and he concluded that "one comes away from this stimulating book with the same sense of wonder that Thomas Hardy's Angel Clare felt [:] 'The impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dramatic life than the pachydermatous king.'" Now, in Growing Up in Medieval London, Hanawalt again reveals the larger, fuller, more dramatic life of the common people, in this instance, the...
