Nicholas Amor has written an authoritative and interesting book. Its obvious function is as a standard reference, but it is very readable.
BOOK TALK
[Reveals] much of significance about the late medieval economy.
ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
[F]irst-class, pathbreaking study a meticulously researched and notably well-written examination of the 'trade and industry' [...] of late medieval [...] ... Read moreIpswich. Amor's book will be of particular interest to maritime historians, especially to students of the history of England's fisheries [...] Amor's book is a welcome addition to the standard literature on the economic history of East Anglia in the later medieval and early modern eras.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SUFFOLK INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY
The book is logically and clearly structured, readable, and admorably grounded in archival research in local and national repositories [...] Such a clear study will be welcome to economic and local historians alike.
THE RICARDIAN
[A] valuable addition to local urban studies [...] the author has succeeded in marshalling an impressive array of evidence from what are often intractable and patchy sources, and deployed it in a persuasive account of one town's experience in the economic squalls of the fifteenth century.
THE LOCAL HISTORIAN
Makes a substantive and useful contribution to a long and distinguished tradition of scholarship on the economic and social history of medieval English towns [...] a richly-textured account of the urban experience in a late-medieval port town on England's east coast.
THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW
[A] treasure trove of material for historians of all types [...] Ipswich has been neglected as a medieval town, lying as it does in the shadow of others, this book will do much to draw attention back to a town full worthy of it.
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