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Georgian Era London: Law & Disorder
London’s Georgian era lasted from the early Eighteenth Century to around the middle of the Nineteenth Century. The period, thankfully, saw an end to the political instability and pandemics of the previous century, and as a result of that the city grew massively. The population increasing from around 600,000 to over 2 million people during…
Stuart London: Death, Destruction & Disease
London would develop hugely during the period of 1603-1714, even as the city was rocked by a series of disasters, including wars, terrorism, plague epidemics and fiery destruction. In spite of these set-backs London continued to grow and become more prosperous throughout the Stuart era, finally outgrowing its medieval walls and uniting with Westminster to…
London: The Golden Elizabethan Age
The era of London in the Elizabethan Age begins in the middle of the Sixteenth Century, with the ascent to the throne of Elizabeth I, and ends in the early 1600;s. During those fifty-something years London doubled in population to 200,000 inhabitants, marking a period of explosive growth for the city. Alongside that London went…
Medieval London: Dirty, Dangerous & Dynamic
Our story of medieval London starts with 1066 and all that. London was already the largest city in what’s now the U.K., so you could say that it was already preeminent, but it wasn’t;t ordained that it would become England’s de facto capital city. The new King of England, William the Bastard the Conqueror could…
London’s Founding: Romans To Dark Ages
London is generally understood to have been founded by the Romans in around 47 AD. They gave it a name from which it’s, more or less, been known by ever since: Londinium. The real story of London’s founding is more complicated though. In fact the Romans were probably rendering the name by which the area…