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Issues of water in medieval London to c. 1300

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2001

Derek Keene
Derek Keene
Affiliation:
Centre for Metropolitan History, University of London, London WC1E 7HU
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Abstract

Water was essential to the commerce, sustenance and cleansing of medieval London and its inhabitants. The paper reviews technologies of supply, access and control, and the uses and risks associated with water during the city's formative period. It surveys the pleasures of water around the city, the paradoxes they involved, and the public supply as an expression of a growing civic culture. It emphasizes the interaction between natural environment, technology and institutions as a fruitful theme for medieval urban history.

Type
Research Article
Information
Urban History , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , August 2001 , pp. 161 - 179
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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