The Valuation of Norwich
Author : William Edward Lunt
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Page : 898 pages
File Size : 25,35 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Great Britain
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Author : William Edward Lunt
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Page : 898 pages
File Size : 25,35 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Chatteris Abbey
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 31,89 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780851157504
15c cartulary of Benedictine nunnery illuminates relationship with Ely, estate management, and life of women religious. Takes its place as perhaps the finest available study of a house for women religious. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW The fifteenth-century cartulary of the Benedictine nunnery of Chatteris Abbey in Cambridgeshire (founded in the early eleventh century) has important implications for the study of women religious, especially in the light of the small number of surviving cartularies from English nunneries, yet until now it has received little attention, perhaps due to its damage in the Cotton Library fire of 1731. This critical edition of the manuscript, which contains documents copied into it from the mid-twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, offers a full transcription, together with historical notes and apparatus. The introduction draws on the cartulary itself, as well as manorial and episcopal records, to analyse the nunnery's relationship with its patron, the bishop of Ely, and the development and management of its estates; it also examines the location and layout of the abbey, the social and geographical origins of the nuns, and the production and organisation of the cartulary. The edition is accompanied by an annotated listof all known abbesses, prioresses and nuns. CLAIRE BREAYgained her Ph.D. at the Institute for Historical Research at the University of London; she is currently a curator of medieval manuscripts at the British Library.
Author : John ECTON
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Page : 842 pages
File Size : 19,41 MB
Release : 1742
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Page : 674 pages
File Size : 17,93 MB
Release : 1902
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Page : 1408 pages
File Size : 46,78 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Judges
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Author : Catherine Casson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 45,75 MB
Release : 2023-05-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1000876772
Local enterprise, institutional quality and strategic location were of central importance in the growth of medieval towns. This book, comprising a study of 112 English towns, emphasises these key factors. Downstream locations on major rivers attracted international trade, and thereby stimulated the local processing of imports and exports, while the early establishment of richly endowed religious institutions funnelled agricultural rental income into a town, where it was spent on luxury goods produced by local craftsmen and artisans, and on expensive, long-running building schemes. Local entrepreneurs who recognised the economic potential of a town developed residential suburbs which attracted wealthy residents. Meanwhile town authorities invested in the building and maintenance of bridges, gates, walls and ditches, often with financial support from wealthy residents. Royal lordship was also an advantage to a town, as it gave the town authorities direct access to the king and bypassed local power-brokers such as bishops and earls. The legacy of medieval investment remains visible today in the streets of important towns. Drawing on rentals, deeds and surveys, this book also examines in detail the topography of seven key medieval towns: Bristol, Gloucester, Coventry, Cambridge, Birmingham, Shrewsbury and Hull. In each case, surviving records identify the location and value of urban properties, and their owners and tenants. Using statistical techniques, previously applied only to the early modern and modern periods, the book analyses the impact of location and type of property on property values. It shows that features of the modern property market, including spatial autocorrelation, were present in the middle ages. Property hot-spots of high rents are also identified; the most valuable properties were those situated between the market and other focal points such transport hubs and religious centres, convenient for both, but remote from noise and pollution. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on expertise from the disciplines of economics and history. It will be of interest to historians and to social scientists looking for a long-run perspective on urban development.
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Page : 1312 pages
File Size : 41,83 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Commerce
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Author : Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress
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Page : 654 pages
File Size : 43,10 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Poor laws
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Author : Robert Peel
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Page : 1070 pages
File Size : 23,81 MB
Release : 1853
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Sir Robert Peel
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Page : 882 pages
File Size : 32,16 MB
Release : 1853
Category : Great Britain
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