Mapping the Medieval City: Space, Place and Identity in Chester, C.1200-1600 (Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages) - Hardcover

This fascinating volume brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including literary studies, history, geography, and archaeology, to investigate questions of space, place, and identity in the medieval city. Using medieval Chester as a case study&;with attention to its location on the border between England and Wales, its rich multilingual culture, and its surviving infrastructure&;these contributions recover the experience of medieval city living and in doing so provide fresh perspectives and generate new questions about urban space both during this period and beyond.