The History of London
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01 - Lessons 1 - 2: The Foundation of London (I - II)
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02 - Lessons 3 - 4: Roman London (I - II)
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03 - Lessons 5 - 7: After the Romans (I - III)
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04 - Lessons 8 - 10: The First and Second Saxon Settlements, and The Anglo-Saxon Citizen
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05 - Lessons 11 - 12: The Wall of London, and Norman London
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06 - Lessons 13 - 14: Fitzstephen's Account of the City (I - II)
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07 - Lessons 15 - 18: London Bridge (I - II), and The Tower of London (I - II)
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08 - Lessons 19 - 20: The Pilgrims, and St. Bartholomew's Hospital
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09 - Lessons 21 - 22: The Terror of Leprosy, and The Terror of Famine
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10 - Lessons 23 - 25: St. Paul's Cathedral (I - II), and Paul's Churchyard
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11 - Lessons 26 - 27: The Religious Houses, and Monks, Friars, and Nuns
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12 - Lessons 28 - 29: The London Churches, and The Streets
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13 - Lessons 30 - 32: Whittington (I - III)
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14 - Lessons 33 - 35: Gifts and Bequests, The Palaces and Great Houses, and Amusements
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15 - Lessons 36 - 37: Westminster Abbey, and The Court at Westminster
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16 - Lessons 38 - 39: Justice and Punishments, and The Political Power of London
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17 - Lessons 40 - 42: Elizabethan London (I - III)
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18 - Lessons 43 - 45: Trade (I - III)
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19 - Lessons 46 - 49: Plays and Pageants (I - IV)
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20 - Lessons 50 - 51: The Terror of the Plague (I - II)
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21 - Lessons 52 - 53: The Terror of Fire (I - II)
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22 - Lesson 54: Rogues and Vagabonds
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23 - Lessons 55 - 59: Under George the Second (I - V)
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24 - Lessons 60 - 62: The Government of the City (I - III)
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25 - Lesson 63: London
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26 - Author's Notes on Lessons 1 - 20
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27 - Author's Notes on Lessons 21 - 39
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28 - Author's Notes on Lessons 40 - 63
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Walter Besant begins London's history with the shape of its ground: riverbanks, marshes, hills and the small streams that helped determine where settlement could grow. He sets an old foundation legend beside the evidence of documents, excavations and surviving buildings. Published in 1894, this history uses a sequence of lessons to move through Roman, Saxon and Norman London toward later city life.
Individual chapters turn to bridges, hospitals, churches, trade, public entertainments and civic government. In the account of Westminster, courtly colour and ceremony sit beside the working life of an abbey, with its bakers, builders, clerks and farmers. The result offers readers interested in London a way to connect familiar landmarks with the institutions and daily occupations around them. Besant's attention to geography also makes the book useful for understanding how a city's physical site can shape its history.
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