Like us, they had family problems, work worries, health concerns and wondered about the weather. But beneath the colour and pageantry lay dirt, discomfort and disease, the daily grind for ordinary folk. William the Conqueror built the Tower, Thomas Becket was born in Cheapside, Wat Tyler led the peasants in revolt across London Bridge and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was the first book produced on Caxton's new printing press in Westminster. The Colour of Betrayal: A Sebastian Foxley Medieval Murder Mystery - Mount, Toni. London has always been a brilliant, vibrant and eclectic place - Henry V was given a triumphal procession there after his return from Agincourt and the Lord Mayor's river pageant was an annual medieval spectacular. Medieval life was as full of unexpected twists and turns, just as life. Abandoned by the Romans, rebuilt by the Saxons, occupied by the Vikings and reconstructed by the Normans, London would become the largest trade and financial centre, dominating the world in later centuries.
Toni Mount Blackstone Publishing 9781445615417. Our capital city has always been a thriving and colourful place, full of diverse and determined individuals developing trade and finance, exchanging gossip and doing business. Everyday Life in Medieval London: From the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors.
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