The strengthening of ties between crown and locality in the fourteenth century is epitomised by the relationships between York and Bristol (then amongst the lar

Draws new attention to popular protest in medieval English towns, away from the more frequently studied theme of rural revolt.

Since the mid-twentieth century, political histories of late medieval England have focused almost exclusively on the relationship between the Crown and aristocr

This is the first collection of translated sources on towns in medieval England. It draws on the great variety of written evidence for this significant and dyna

The political narrative of late medieval English towns is often reduced to the story of the gradual intensification of oligarchy, in which power was exercised a