Sandwich - the 'completest medieval town in england' : : a study of the town and port from its origins to 1600 / / edited by Helen Clarke , documentary research, Sheila Sweetinburgh, Bridgett Jones, illustrations, Allan T. Adams.
To the casual visitor of today, Sandwich appears as simply a small inland market town on the bank of a modest river. But locals and historians have long known that in the Middle Ages it was a strategic and commercial seaport of great significance, trading with northern Europe and the Mediterranean a...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Oxford, England ;, Oakville, Canada : : Oxbow Books,, [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | To the casual visitor of today, Sandwich appears as simply a small inland market town on the bank of a modest river. But locals and historians have long known that in the Middle Ages it was a strategic and commercial seaport of great significance, trading with northern Europe and the Mediterranean and growing prosperous on this business. The medieval fabric of the town has been preserved to a remarkable extent, but historians and archaeologists have never agreed on quite where the first settlement was located. Nor has there been close study of what the surviving medieval buildings can tell us |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1842177311 1299485227 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Helen Clarke , documentary research, Sheila Sweetinburgh, Bridgett Jones, illustrations, Allan T. Adams. |