Drawing on the city’s Leet Book and archives, Harris traces Coventry from its Saxon and Benedictine beginnings through the age of the merchant guilds, the visits of kings, disputes over common lands and the famous Corpus Christi mystery plays. Later chapters guide the visitor to the surviving churches, halls and historic sites as they stood in 1911.
A readable town history by Coventry’s own antiquary, for anyone curious about medieval civic life. Download the free EPUB.