{"title":"Books by John Schofield","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780752459684","title":"Cromwell to Cromwell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe English reformers of the 1530s, with Thomas Cromwell at their head, continued to have a strong belief in kingly rule and authority, in contrast to their radical approach to the power of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.\u003c\/strong\u003e Resisting the king was tantamount to resisting God in their eyes, and even on a matter of conscience the will of the king should prevail. Yet just over 100 years later, Charles I was called the 'man of blood', and Oliver Cromwell famously declared that 'we will cut off his head with the crown on it'. But how did we get from the one to the other? How did the deferential Reformation become a regicidal revolution? Following on from his biography of Thomas Cromwell, John Schofield examines how the English character and the way it perceived royal rule changed between the time of Thomas Cromwell and that of his great-great-grandnephew Oliver.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294691209589,"sku":"9780752459684","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780752459684_e85da83c-16c2-4360-923d-32dfe559d244.jpg?v=1786016372"},{"product_id":"9781789695595","title":"London’s Waterfront 1100–1666: Excavations in Thames Street, London, 1974–84","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon’s Waterfront 1100–1666: excavations in Thames Street, London, 1974–84\u003c\/i\u003e presents and celebrates the mile-long Thames Street in the City of London and the land south of it to the River Thames as an archaeological asset. The argument is based on the reporting of four excavations of 1974–84 by the Museum of London near the north end of London Bridge: Swan Lane, Seal House, New Fresh Wharf and Billingsgate Lorry Park. Here the findings of the period 1100–1666 are presented.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuildings and property development on sixteen properties south of Thames Street, on land reclaimed in many stages since the opening of the 12th century, include part of the parish church of St Botolph Billingsgate. The many units of land reclamation are dated by dendrochronology, coins and documents. They have produced thousands of artefacts and several hundred kilos of native and foreign pottery. Much of this artefactual material has been published, but in catalogue form (shoes, knives, horse fittings, dress accessories, textiles, household equipment). Now the context of these finds, their deposition in groups, is laid out for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighlights of the publication include the first academic analysis and assessment of a 13th- or 14th-century trumpet from Billingsgate, the earliest surviving straight trumpet in Europe; many pilgrim souvenirs; analysis of two drains of the 17th century from which suggestions can be made about use of rooms and spaces within documented buildings; and the proposal that one of the skeletons excavated from St Botolph’s church is John Reynewell, mayor of London in 1426–7 and a notable figure in London’s medieval history. The whole publication encourages students and other researchers of all kinds to conduct further research on any aspect of the sites and their very rich artefactual material, which is held at the Museum of London’s Archaeological Archive. This is a significantly large and varied dataset for the archaeology and history of London in the period 1100 to 1666 which can be continuously interrogated for generations to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305793892725,"sku":"9781789695595","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781789695595_a2f5bbe9-07c8-44d7-9ee6-5d82048ec12a.jpg?v=1786026594"},{"product_id":"9781803276540","title":"London’s Waterfront and its World, 1666–1800","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLondon’s Waterfront and its World, 1666–1800\u003c\/em\u003e presents the results of archaeological excavations of 1974 to 1983 in the central waterfront area of the City of London. The archaeology of the port of London is considered on a wide scale, from the City down the Thames to Deptford. The Great Fire of London in 1666 prompted some changes to the topography of streets and buildings, but there were also many continuities in life and work. The waterfront changed during the 18th century as warehousing replaced houses. This process is illustrated by archaeological excavation, documentary study and the survival of plans of properties surveyed for land-owning institutions. The artefacts and pottery recovered from these sites include many pieces from overseas, and London’s waterfront can be compared with those of other port cities in Europe, North America and the Caribbean. Perhaps in late 17th- and 18th-century London we can study urban tastes and consumption from an archaeological viewpoint. During this period London became the hub of the new British empire, but contributed to the exploitation of people from other lands known as slavery. The waterfront on both sides of the Thames was at the centre of the new empire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56307388678517,"sku":"9781803276540","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781803276540_45486e89-aa8f-4a84-b08a-5b93e98026e9.jpg?v=1793043964"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-john-schofield.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}