Medieval Norwich

by Rawcliffe, Carole; Wilson, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781852854492
• ISBN10: 1852854499
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-02
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Throughout the middle ages, Norwich was one of the most populous and celebrated cities in England. Dominated by its castle and cathedral priory, it was the center of government power in East Anglia, as well as an important trading depot. With records dating back to Anglo-Saxon times, and many buildings surviving from the middle ages, the history of medieval Norwich is an exceptionally rich one. Medieval Norwich is an account of the growth of the city, with its walls, streams, markets, hospitals and churches, and of the lives of its citizens. It traces their activities and beliefs, as well as the tensions lying not far beneath the surface that eventually erupted in Kett's Rebellion of 1549.

Author Biography

Carole Rawcliffe is Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia [UEA], Norwich.

Richard G. Wilson is Emeritus Professor of Economic and Social History, UEA, Norwich.

Table of Contents

Illustrations and Maps	vii
Preface	xi
Abbreviations	xv
The Contributors	xvii
Introduction	xix
Carole Rawcliffe
The Urban Landscape	1	(28)
Brian Ayers
Norwich before 1300	29	(20)
James Campbell
The Churches	49	(24)
Jonathan Finch
The Religious Houses	73	(48)
Christopher Harper-Bill
Carole Rawcliffe
Glass-Painting	121	(16)
David King
Religious Practice	137	(20)
Norman Tanner
Norwich before the Black Death	157	(32)
Elizabeth Rutledge
Order and Disorder	189	(24)
Philippa Maddern
Trade	213	(22)
Penelope Dunn
The Urban Elite	235	(20)
Ruth Frost
The Reformation	255	(22)
Muriel McClendon
Ralph Houlbrooke
Kett's Rebellion	277	(24)
Andy Wood
Sickness and Health	301	(26)
Carole Rawcliffe
Notes	327	(92)
Bibliography	419	(4)
Index	423