The Norwich chamberlains' accounts 1539-40 to 1544-5
By: edited by Carole Rawcliffe
Series: Norfolk Record Society -- volume 83; Norfolk Record Society (Series) -- v. 83
Publisher: Norfolk Record Society
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Norwich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780995773622
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: History
Description: "The chamberlains' accounts of sixteenth-century Norwich are a crucial source of evidence for life in what was then England's largest provincial city, yet none of them has previously been published in its entirety. The six accounts presented in this volume add significantly to our knowledge of urban finance, government, and culture, while casting a unique light upon Norwich's topography, infrastructure and buildings, both public and domestic. They document in compelling detail the problems encountered by its ruling elite as they struggled to preserve social cohesion and maintain the urban fabric in the face of religious change, food shortages, warfare and recession." --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.