Colin Platt (1934–2015) was Professor of History at the University of Southampton. He was founding Editor of the journal World Archaeology.

• Part 1: 1000–1200 1. The Urban Setting 2. Royal Borough 3. The Gild Merchant 4. The Church Part 2: 1200–1300 5. Topography of a Prospering Borough 6. Municipal Government and the Great Families 7. The Trading Staples: Wine and Wool 8. The Port as Entrepôt Part 3: 1300–1400 9. The Merchant Capitalists 10. The French Raid, 1338 11. Recession Part 4: 1400–1500 12. Recovery 13. Trade, Distribution and Supply 14. Incorporation 15. Borough Society Part 5: 1500–1600 Central Government and the Dissolution 17. The Economy Transformed. Appendices: a) Biographical Notes b) Family Alliances c) Population and Social Stratification in Medieval Southampton Appendix 2: Select Tenement Histories.

Original Review of Medieval Southampton: ‘The topographical and biographical work is thorough and absorbing. It is set out clearly and interestingly…the book is beautifully produced. The result is a piece of work which will give much pleasure and instruction.’ A.R. Bridbury, Urban History, Volume 2, No. 63 (1975).

Colin Platt (1934–2015) was Professor of History at the University of Southampton. He was founding Editor of the journal World Archaeology.

• Part 1: 1000–1200 1. The Urban Setting 2. Royal Borough 3. The Gild Merchant 4. The Church Part 2: 1200–1300 5. Topography of a Prospering Borough 6. Municipal Government and the Great Families 7. The Trading Staples: Wine and Wool 8. The Port as Entrepôt Part 3: 1300–1400 9. The Merchant Capitalists 10. The French Raid, 1338 11. Recession Part 4: 1400–1500 12. Recovery 13. Trade, Distribution and Supply 14. Incorporation 15. Borough Society Part 5: 1500–1600 Central Government and the Dissolution 17. The Economy Transformed. Appendices: a) Biographical Notes b) Family Alliances c) Population and Social Stratification in Medieval Southampton Appendix 2: Select Tenement Histories.

Original Review of Medieval Southampton: ‘The topographical and biographical work is thorough and absorbing. It is set out clearly and interestingly…the book is beautifully produced. The result is a piece of work which will give much pleasure and instruction.’ A.R. Bridbury, Urban History, Volume 2, No. 63 (1975).

Colin Platt (1934–2015) was Professor of History at the University of Southampton. He was founding Editor of the journal World Archaeology.

• Part 1: 1000–1200 1. The Urban Setting 2. Royal Borough 3. The Gild Merchant 4. The Church Part 2: 1200–1300 5. Topography of a Prospering Borough 6. Municipal Government and the Great Families 7. The Trading Staples: Wine and Wool 8. The Port as Entrepôt Part 3: 1300–1400 9. The Merchant Capitalists 10. The French Raid, 1338 11. Recession Part 4: 1400–1500 12. Recovery 13. Trade, Distribution and Supply 14. Incorporation 15. Borough Society Part 5: 1500–1600 Central Government and the Dissolution 17. The Economy Transformed. Appendices: a) Biographical Notes b) Family Alliances c) Population and Social Stratification in Medieval Southampton Appendix 2: Select Tenement Histories.

Original Review of Medieval Southampton: ‘The topographical and biographical work is thorough and absorbing. It is set out clearly and interestingly…the book is beautifully produced. The result is a piece of work which will give much pleasure and instruction.’ A.R. Bridbury, Urban History, Volume 2, No. 63 (1975).