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This is a study of one of England's principal cloth towns during the late Middle Ages. It draws extensively upon unpublished records in Colchester and elsewhere, and is the first history of a medieval English town to analyse in conjunction the relationships between overseas trade, urban development and changes in rural society. First it describes Colchester in the earlier fourteenth century, its trade, its agricultural setting and its form of government. The book then shows how cloth-making grew in Colchester after the Black Death and how the population increased until about 1414. The implications of this for the government of the borough and for the town's role in the local economy are discussed. The last section shows that Colchester's growth was not sustained through the fifteenth century, and examines some of the causal links between economic contraction, institutional change in the borough and agrarian depression in the surrounding countryside.

Colchester (England) --- Economic conditions --- Politics and government --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Colchester (England) - Economic conditions --- Colchester (England) - Politics and government --- Economic conditions. --- Politics and government. --- Colchester, Eng. --- Colchester (Essex) --- Camulodunum (England)

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Archaeology, Medieval --- Anglo-Saxons --- Normans --- Colchester (England) --- Antiquities --- -Archaeology, Medieval --- -Northmen --- Northmen --- Antiquities, Medieval --- Medieval antiquities --- Medieval archaeology --- Saxons --- -Antiquities --- Archaeology, Medieval. --- -Colchester (England) --- Colchester, Eng. --- Colchester (Essex) --- Camulodunum (England) --- Antiquities. --- Anglo-Saxons - England - Colchester (Essex) --- Normans - England - Colchester (Essex) --- Colchester (England) - Antiquities

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The Church of England is popularly believed to have had a bad First World War. This book challenges that tired orthodoxy. It examines the relationship between parish churches and the Army during the war, using the important garrison town of Colchester as a case study. Colchester in 1914-18 was a microcosm both of English society and of the Church of England, in all their diversity. The presence ofthe Army also meant that wartime experiences and trends which were noticeable elsewhere in England were sharply felt in Colchester.
For the generation of Britons who lived through the Great War,Christianity was an important part of their culture, world view and, in many instances, personal lives. To understand life on the home front during the war, it is vital to understand the part playedby Christianity, and particularly by the parishes of the Church of England. With the help of newly discovered archival material, this book reassesses the relations between clergy, soldiers and civilians to show that, contrary to widely-held belief, the clergy and their parishioners responded to the crisis of 1914-18 with courage, common sense and self-sacrifice: their ministry kept much of the population going during the Great War.

ROBERT BEAKEN is parish priest of St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield, and St Katharine, Little Bardfield, in Essex. He holds a PhD from King's College,London, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is the author of seven works, including Cosmo Lang: Archbishop in War and Crisis (2012).

World War, 1914-1918 --- Religious aspects. --- Church of England --- History --- European War, 1914-1918 --- First World War, 1914-1918 --- Great War, 1914-1918 --- World War 1, 1914-1918 --- World War I, 1914-1918 --- World War One, 1914-1918 --- WW I (World War, 1914-1918) --- WWI (World War, 1914-1918) --- History, Modern --- Anglican Church --- Anglikanskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Ecclesia Anglicana --- Kirche von England --- United Church of England and Ireland --- Religious aspects --- Church of England. --- Colchester (England) --- Church history --- Colchester, Eng. --- Colchester (Essex) --- Camulodunum (England)