Caroline M. Barron is the world's leading authority on the history of medieval London. For half a century she has investigated London's role as medieval England's political, cultural, and commercial capital, together with the urban landscape and the social, occupational, and religious cultures that shaped the lives of its inhabitants. This collection of eighteen papers focuses on four themes: crown and city; parish, church, and religious culture; the people of medieval London; and the city's intellectual and cultural world. They represent essential reading on the history of one of the world's greatest cities by its foremost scholar.

• Caroline M. Barron is Emeritus Professor of the History of London at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research relates particularly to the late-medieval history of the City of London, the reign of Richard II, and the history of women. Martha Carlin is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she specializes in urban social life, including correspondence, food, and shopping. Joel Rosenthal is Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at Stony Brook University, New York. He is a specialist in medieval prosopography and English social and family history.
• Martha Carlin is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she specializes in urban social life, including correspondence, food, and shopping.
• Joel T. Rosenthal is Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at Stony Brook University, New York. He is a specialist in medieval prosopography and English social and family history.