Medieval Norwich [Hardcover]

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 Norwichis 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.

Illustrations and Maps * Introduction--Carole Rawcliffe * The Urban Landscape--Brian Ayres * Norwich before 1300--James Campbell * The Churches--Jonathan Finch * The Religious Houses--Christopher Harper-Bill and Carole Rawcliffe * Glass-Painting--David King * Religious Practice--Norman Tanner * Norwich before the Black Death--Elizabeth Rutledge * Order and Disorder--Philippa Maddern * Trade--Penelope Dunn * The Urban Elite and Central Government, 1400-1520--Ruth Frost * The Reformation--Muriel McClendon and Ralph Houlbrooke * Kett's Rebellion in Norwich--Andy Wood * Sickness and Health--Carole Rawcliffe

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

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