Introduction: rhetorics and records; Part I. Change: 1. Troubled times; 2. Mapping troubles; 3. Streets; Part II. Crime: 4. Crime: worlds; 5. Crime: words; Part III. Control: 6. Court days; 7. Bodies; 8. Policing: people and policy; 9. Policing: night battles; 10. Policing: process and prosecution; 11. Policing: knowledge; Conclusion.
A study of the swift growth and transformation of early modern London.
Review of the hardback: '… an immensely rich analysis of Tudor and
Stuart London's underclass and of the fears, projects and policies
of those officials and officers who struggled against it. Lost
Londons is a major contribution to the history of the capital. The
Times Literary Supplement
Review of the hardback: 'Lost Londons is an important and
challenging study of the development and transformation of early
modern London…' The Historical Association
Review of the hardback: '[Paul Griffiths] opens up to us the world
of crime and control in what was the greatest city in the world. I
am sure that the medieval history scholar will find it an excellent
reference work.' Open History
Review of the hardback: '… the book offers a great deal of
interesting information on anti-social behaviour and its policing
in London, some of it surprising.' Southern History Society
'… a welcome addition to the literature on urban growth, on how
changing definitions of crime and criminality may reflect larger
trends in understanding that growth, and, especially, on the
transformation of London into a modern multifaceted metropolis.'
Suzanne Balch-Lindsay, H-Urban (h-net.org/~urban)
'This rich and lively book will be required reading for anyone
working on the history of crime, London, or early modern towns more
generally. it is also to be recommended for its careful use of the
words of hundreds [of] Londoners otherwise lost from sight and
sound.' Population Studies
'This ought to be compulsory reading for undergraduates who want to
imagine the feel, the smell, the jumble and the make-do-and-mend of
Elizabethan London.' Cultural and Social History
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