Decline or transformation? Archaeology and the late Medieval 'urban decline' in southern England

Jervis, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5295-0647 2016. Decline or transformation? Archaeology and the late Medieval 'urban decline' in southern England. Archaeological Journal 174 (1) , pp. 211-243. 10.1080/00665983.2017.1229895

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Abstract

Archaeological evidence is used to examine how urban life changed in the later medieval towns of Sussex, Surrey, and Hampshire in southern England, in light of ongoing debates about the existence of a fifteenth-century urban ‘decline’. The article proposes that rather than seeking evidence of decline, we should consider how and why experiences of urban life vary. The role of towns in commercial and political networks is highlighted as a key cause of variability in late medieval urban experience.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	0066-5983
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	21 September 2016
Date of Acceptance:	9 August 2016
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2024 04:18
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/94046

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