Mediæval London, Volume 1: Historical & SocialBesant, Walter
History
Mediæval London, Volume 1: Historical & Social
Besant, Walter
London (England) -- History -- To 1500; London (England) -- Social life and customs -- To 1500
Ships at La Rochelle 106
Marriage of Henry V. and Katherine of France 108
Henry VI. as an Infant 111
The Duke of Bedford 115
Henry VI. 119
Henry VI. at the Shrine of St. Edmund 123
White Hart Tavern, Bishopsgate Street 130
London Stone 131
Henry VI. and his Courtiers 133
Edward IV. 138
Ships of the Period 141
The Bastard of Falconbridge attacks London Bridge 143
“The Hierarchy of the Sciences,” as conceived by Mediæval Thought 149
Richard III. 152
North-East View of Crosby Hall 153
Interior of the Council Room, Crosby Hall 153
Sketch Map of London in the Fifteenth Century 159
The White Tower 160
St. Katherine’s by the Tower 161
Chaucer 163
The Old Fountain in the Minories, built about 1480,
demolished 1793 175
North-West View of the Ancient Structure of Merchant-Taylors
Hall, and the Alms-Houses adjoining, in Threadneedle Street 179
A South-East View of London before the Destruction of
St. Paul’s Steeple by Fire, A.D. 1560 181
Temple Church, London 183
A Household Dining 203
The Steelyard, Thames Street 207
The Merchant 213
The Knight 219
Court of King’s Bench. Temp. Henry VI. 221
View of the Ruins of Part of the late Church of St. Leonard 229
View of the Crypt on the Site of the late College of
St. Martin Le Grand 229
Arch of Blackfriars Priory, revealed by the Demolition of
a Building in Ireland Yard, May 1900 238
Matthew Paris Dying 241
Embassy from the King of England to ask the Hand of the
Lady Isabella of France in Marriage 243
Hall of the Knights of St. John 247
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