The Cambridge Urban History of Britain

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The Cambridge Urban History of Britain, Volume 1: 600–1540

The Cambridge Urban History of Britain Volume 1: 600–1540

Edited by:
D. M. Palliser

Online Publication Date:
March 2008

Print Publication Year:
2000

Hardback ISBN:
9780521444613

Online ISBN:
9781139053754

The first volume of The Cambridge Urban History surveys the history of British towns from their post-Roman origins in the seventh century down to the sixteenth century. It provides the first detailed overview of the course of medieval urban development, and draws on archaeological and architectural as well as historical sources. The volume combines thematic analysis with regional and national surveys, with full coverage of developments in England, Scotland and Wales, and the whole represents a major step forward in the understanding of the medieval British town.

Reviews:

"This is an ambitious and rewarding work encompassing the research of a generation of urban historians, archaeologists, geographers, and architects." Journal of Social History
"...the volume offers a feast to the attentive reader...the individual chapters seem to be in conversation with one another. Moreover, each and every one of the chapters summarizes the most up-to-date scholarship, whether on English, Scottish, or Welsh settlements...the extensive treatment of the Church and its role in Enlish cultural, economic, and social life is one of the finest features of the book." Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"This magnificent volume is a sound and thoughtful foundation for medieval urban studies, deserving a place on any historian's shelves." Medieval Prosopography
'On the whole few collected volumes contain so much good scholarship as does the Cambridge Urban History of Britain, and it will be, no doubt, the starting-point for any future research in the field of British urban history.' London Journal
'This fine volume will undoubtedly be regarded for many years to come as the authoritative survey of its subject.' Barbara Harvey
' … a splendid book which enables the reader to share in the historic urban landscape.' Society for Landscape Studies
'All the contributors are authoritative and the whole massive book is superbly orchestrated.' Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature
'… splendid collection, which is at once an excellent urban history of Britain and a history of Britain from the urban perspective … as well as important, interesting as well as judicious, thoughtful as well as scholarly. the volumes bulge with knowledge … alongside this must be recorded the sheer exhilaration of reading so much first-rate scholarship … urban history and these volumes will be dome a disservice if they are classified in a misleading narrow fashion.' Times Higher Education Supplement