NEW TOWNS OF THE MIDDLE AGES: TOWN PLANTATION IN ENGLAND, WALES AND GASCONY
Written by Maurice Warwick Beresford
Published by Alan Sutton
in 1988
ISBN: 0862994306
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MIDDLE AGES
- TOWN PLANNING
NEW TOWNS OF THE MIDDLE AGES: TOWN PLANTATION IN ENGLAND, WALES AND GASCONY
Written by Maurice Warwick Beresford.
Stock no. 1828071
1st thus.
1988.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
First published in 1967 by Lutterworth Press, republished with a new preface. Historical and topographical facts for these towns, specimen plans show what medieval planners thought a town should include. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, maps and plans. ISBN: 0862994306. Top & tail of spine bumped. Text block slightly grubby. Tape marks to pastedowns. Book has possibly been dropped at some point, leading to rear pastedown tearing (no loss). Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and vertical imperfection to laminate to rear panel (not obliterating text).
Front cover
Contents
- AUTHOR'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- LIST OF PLATES
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR PLATES AND FIGURES
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT
- LIST OF TABLES IN TEXT
- ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES OF WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 An Assembly of Notables
- 2 An Array of Towns
- PART ONE: THE ENDOWMENT OF NEW TOWNS
- 3 Novum Forum: or, The Profit from a New Town
- 4 Beau Lieu: or, the Choice of Site
- 5 Beau Regard: or, The Content of a New Town
- 6 Bonne Garde: or, The Security of a New Town
- 7 Ville Franche: or, the Liberties of a New Town
- PART TWO: NEW TOWNS AND OLD
- 8 Newcomers and Neighbours
- 9 The Ladder of Success
- 10 The Procession of Failures
- PART THREE: FROM BEGINNING TO END
- 11 The Chronology of Town Plantation in England
- 12 The Chronology of Town Plantation in Wales
- 13 The Chronology of Town Plantation in Gascony
- PART FOUR: EVIDENCES
- 14 Symptoms, Doubts, and Evidences
- 15 Gazetteer: England
- 16 Gazetteer: Wales
- 17 Gazetteer: Gascony
- APPENDICES
- I Chronological List of Town Plantations: England
- II Chronological List of Town Plantations: Wales
- III Select Bibliography: Medieval Town Plantation in Gascony
- IV A Note of Medieval Town Plantation Outside England, Wales and Gascony
- GENERAL INDEX