Medieval Towns ─ The Archaeology Of British Towns In Their European Setting

Citing discoveries by archaeological teams over the past three decades in some of the towns of medieval Britain, Schofield, curator of archaeology at the Museum of London, and archaeological consultant Vince ask what went on in medieval towns, how the rich and poor lived, what nourished them, what they died of, how the weather was and the quality of life, and what restrictions or special pleasures there were to living in towns. They emphasize not what was particular to Britain, but what British towns shared with those across Europe. The illustrations have been enhanced from the 2003 cloth edition published by Continuum. Distributed in the US by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

John Schofield is Curator of Architecture at the Museum of London. He has been an archaeologist with the Museum since 1974 and has written several well-received books about medieval towns and buildings including The Building of London from the Conquest to the Great Fire (3rd edition, 1999), Medieval London Houses, (2nd edition, 2003) and (with Alan Vince) Medieval Towns (2nd edition, 2003).Alan Vince worked at the Museum of London from 1980 to 1988, and then at the City of Lincoln Archaeological Unit. He is the director of Alan Vince Archaeological Consultancy based in Lincoln.