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Mediæval London, Volume 1: Historical & Social

Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS
By Walter Besant
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The work offers a comprehensive historical and social survey of medieval London, opening with concise portraits of successive sovereigns and their interactions with the city, then shifting to civic life: port and trade, the rise of commerce and gentility, street plan and architecture, domestic furnishings, wealth and social customs, food and recreation, literature, libraries, medical practice, recurring disasters such as fire, plague, and famine, and systems of crime and punishment, concluding with onomastic notes and appendices; the text is supplemented by maps, illustrations, and documentary material to illuminate urban institutions and daily life.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Edward IV. and his Courtiers Frontispiece
Henry II. 3
Coronation of the “Young King” 5
Becket disputing with the King 7
Great Seal of Henry II. 8
First Seal of Richard I. 10
Cross of Knight Templar 12
King John 13
Henry Fitzailwyn, Knt., First Lord Mayor of London 14
King John hunting 16
A Portion of the Great Charter 17
Coronation of Henry III. 21
Jews’ Passover 27
A Pope in Consistory 29
Edward I. 35
Queen Eleanor of Castile 36
Charing Cross 41
Parliament of Edward I. Facing 44
Great Seal of Edward I. 46
Head of Edward II. 48
Shrine of King Edward II., Gloucester Cathedral 56
Edward III. 58
A Joust or Tournament of the Period 63
Sir Henry Picard entertaining the Kings of England, France, Scotland, Denmark and Cyprus Facing 70
John Wyclyf 76
Richard II. 78
King Richard II. and his Council go down the Thames in a Barge to confer with the Rebels 83
Wat Tyler for his Insolence is killed by Walworth, and King Richard puts himself at the Head of the Rebels 85
King Richard II. in Great Danger in the City of London 87
Henry of Lancaster brings King Richard back to London 90
How Richard II. resigned the Crown to the Duke of Lancaster Facing 90
Henry IV. 92
Funeral Procession of Richard II. Facing 94
“The True Portraiture of Richard Whittington, Thrice Lord Mayor of London” 98
The Porch of the Church of St. Alphage, London Wall, formerly the Chapel of the Priory of Elsinge Spital 99
Henry V. 103
Ships at La Rochelle 106
Marriage of Henry V. and Katherine of France 108
Henry VI. as an Infant 111
The Duke of Bedford 115
Henry VI. 119
Henry VI. at the Shrine of St. Edmund 123
White Hart Tavern, Bishopsgate Street 130
London Stone 131
Henry VI. and his Courtiers 133
Edward IV. 138
Ships of the Period 141
The Bastard of Falconbridge attacks London Bridge 143
“The Hierarchy of the Sciences,” as conceived by Mediæval Thought 149
Richard III. 152
North-East View of Crosby Hall 153
Interior of the Council Room, Crosby Hall 153
Sketch Map of London in the Fifteenth Century 159
The White Tower 160
St. Katherine’s by the Tower 161
Chaucer 163
The Old Fountain in the Minories, built about 1480, demolished 1793 175
North-West View of the Ancient Structure of Merchant-Taylors Hall, and the Alms-Houses adjoining, in Threadneedle Street 179
A South-East View of London before the Destruction of St. Paul’s Steeple by Fire, A.D. 1560 181
Temple Church, London 183
A Household Dining 203
The Steelyard, Thames Street 207
The Merchant 213
The Knight 219
Court of King’s Bench. Temp. Henry VI. 221
View of the Ruins of Part of the late Church of St. Leonard 229
View of the Crypt on the Site of the late College of St. Martin Le Grand 229
Arch of Blackfriars Priory, revealed by the Demolition of a Building in Ireland Yard, May 1900 238
Matthew Paris Dying 241
Embassy from the King of England to ask the Hand of the Lady Isabella of France in Marriage 243
Hall of the Knights of St. John 247
“The Ladies’ Bower” 249
Whittington’s House in Swithin’s Passage, Moor Lane 250
Builders at Work 252
Retinue of the Earl of Warwick 260
House Servant and Porter, Early Fourteenth Century 261
Earl Rivers presenting his Book to Edward IV. 262
Knights preparing for a Passage of Arms 265
Queen Isabella and her Ladies out Riding 269
Making Tapestry 271
Honi Soit qui mal y Pense Facing 274
Westminster Hall 276
Parting of St. Thomas and the Two Kings 277
Beggar Importuning Noble Lady 285
Banquet in London. Temp. Edward IV. Facing 296
A Banquet 301
A Hunting Party 311
Types of Chaucer’s Characters 313
A Banquet 315
King and Jester 316
Types of Chaucer’s Characters 317
Tournament of the Earl of Warwick 321
Coronation of Henry IV. Facing 322
English Knights Travelling 323
A Tournament in London 325
John Lydgate presenting his “Life of St. Edmund” to Henry VI. 328
Page from Pleshy Bible 331
Lydgate at Work 335
The Doctor of Physic 336
An Operation 337
Surgeon Operating on the Skull 337
An Alchemist’s Laboratory 338
The Couvre-feu 341
Prisoner being Sentenced and taken to Execution 349
The Tun, Cornhill 355
The Scold’s Bridle in Walton-on-Thames Church 356
A Beggar 363
A Hand-to-Hand Fight 367