Lordship and Medieval Urbanisation: Coventry, 1043-1355

An examination of Coventry's process of urbanisation from its origins in the Anglo-Saxon past to the eve of the Black Death.

The processes by which medieval urban communities were formed and developed can be clearly seen in this study of Coventry. Following a survey of Domesday evidence, the book goes on to look at the mechanisms for economic growth inCoventry during the twelfth century, in which both lay and monastic lords played a significant part. Coventry in the thirteenth century reveal...