Trade in Early Modern London: Livery Company Records, 1450


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Verlagsinformation :: Publisher's information Livery companies evolved from London’s medieval guilds, becoming corporations under royal charter responsible for training in their respective trades, as well as for the regulation of aspects such as wage control, labour conditions, and industry standards. The companies’ rich and varied records document the central role that these institutions played in the economic, political, social, and cultural life of the city. The resource enables users to search and compare the various livery companies records in one place, providing a unique overview of trade in early modern London over a key three-hundred year period, with commentary on pivotal events such as the Reformation, the Civil War, the Great Plague, and the Great Fire of London. Highlights Institutional records of churches, workplaces, alms-houses, and schools detailing the daily lives and work of a large proportion of the city’s inhabitants Company records documenting the livery companies’ involvement in the Lord Mayor’s Show, providing a wealth of material relating to civic culture and pageantry, including payments to musicians and performers Beautifully illuminated ordinances and memoranda books, including the Goldsmiths’ Company Books of Ordinances, the Book of the Fraternity of the Assumption of Our Lady (Skinners’ Company), and The Book of the Fraternity of Corpus Christi (Skinners’ Company) A range of contextual features bring the resource to life for students and researchers, including a Chronology, a Glossary of Terms, a Guide to Reading Early Modern Records, and Livery Company Histories Modules include Module I 1450-1750 Module I includes constitutional records, court records and wardens’ accounts from six of the livery companies of London - Drapers’ Company, Fishmongers’ Company, Goldsmiths’ Company, Merchant Taylors’ Company, Skinners’ Company and Vintners’ Company. These rich and varied documents provide fascinating insights into the commercial, financial, political and cultural life of the city during the Early Modern Period. Module II Publishing in 2027 Source archives The Goldsmiths’ Company London Metropolitan Archives The Drapers' Company Key Themes Charity and philanthropy Citizenship Civic ceremonies, music, drama and pageantry Civic government Craft and regulation Education Immigration Politics Prices and wages Property Religion Trade and commerce Editorial Board José Miguel Alcolado Carnicero, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Celeste Chamberland, Roosevelt University Matthew Davies, Birkbeck, University of London Amy Louise Erickson, University of Cambridge Kathryn French, University of Michigan Tracey Hill, Bath Spa University Chris Mounsey, University of Winchester Patrick Wallis, London School of Economics Joseph P. Ward, Utah State University Ian Archer, University of Oxford Subjects Business and Economics Communities, Peoples and Nations Great Britain, Republic of Ireland and Northern Irish Studies International Relations Political History and Science Religious Studies

Trade in Early Modern London: Livery Company Records, 1450–1750