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London and the 17th century : the making of the world's greatest city / Margarette Lincoln.

by Lincoln, Margarette, author.

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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2022.

London (England) -- History -- 17th century.

9780300264746 (paperback)

0300264747 (paperback)

xiii, 372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

1. 'Oh what an Earth-quake is the alteration of a State!' -- 2. 'The most horrible treason' -- 3. Forging civic identity -- 4. 'Forraign Trade ... the means of our Treasure' -- 5. A city of extremes -- 6. The path to civil war -- 7. 'I see all the birds are flown' -- 8. 'The memory of the wicked shall rot' -- 9. Cromwell : a killjoy regime? -- 10. The uncertainties of war and commerce -- 11. Coffee-house culture : newspapers and gossip -- 12. Restoration and a licentious court -- 13. Plague, fire and war -- 14. The spirit of discovery : curiosity and experiment -- 15. Domestic anxieties : home improvements -- 16. Immigrants, or 'strangers' -- 17. Insurrection : James II loses his way -- 18. Taking sides : the Dutch Invasion, 1688 -- 19. A new regime : William and Mary's town -- 20. No time for cynics : towards a new century.

"The Gunpowder Plot, the Civil Wars, Charles I's execution, the Plague, the Great Fire, the Restoration, and then the Glorious Revolution: the seventeenth century was one of the most momentous times in the history of Britain, and Londoners took center stage. Margarette Lincoln charts the impact of national events on citizens' lives and shows how London--and the nation-- emerged from a turbulent century poised to become a great power."-- Publisher.

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