Category: History - British
_What are the Historical Limits of "Mediæval London?"--Derivation of "London"--The Roman City--Outlying Districts--Decay of Ancient London--Renewal after the English Conquest was Complete--London Christianised--King Alfred's London--Its Gradual Rise to Supremacy--St. Paul's Ca...
_What are the Historical Limits of "Mediæval London?"--Derivation of "London"--The Roman City--Outlying Districts--Decay of Ancient London--Renewal after the English Conquest wa...
4. CHAPTER IV._Introduction of Christianity--Foundation of the See--The First Prelates: Mellitus, St. Erkenwald, St. Dunstan--Monastic Foundations--St. Paul's Cathedral: its Officials, Servic...
2. CHAPTER II._Guildhall--Its Porch and Crypt--Other Ancient Crypts--Royal Control--Civic Government--Punishment for Trade Offences--The City Prisons--The Mayoralty--"Ridings and Pageants"--T...
5. CHAPTER V._Abbey of St. Peter--Westminster Palace--St. Stephen's Chapel--Geoffrey Chaucer--Westminster Hall, its Feasts and other Solemnities--Baynard's Castle and the Fitz-Walters--The C...
3. CHAPTER III._The "Silent Highway"--London Bridge--The Bridge Houses and their Signs--Waterworks--Ice Fairs--Swan-upping--Borough of Southwark--City Jurisdiction--Early Lords of Southwark--W...
6. CHAPTER VI._Changes in Human Thought in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries--Drawbacks to Civilisation, Worldliness and Neglect of Religion--Reflection of this in London Life--St. Paul's...