Civic Community in Late Medieval Lincoln

An examination of the community of a major late medieval town: its economy, its customs, and its relationship with the Crown. The later middle ages saw provincial towns and their civic community contending with a number of economic, social and religious problems - including famine and the plague. This book, using Lincoln - then a significant urban centre- as a case study, investigates how such a community dealt with these issues, looking in particular at the links between town and central govern