[SERIES IN PROGRESS] Mediaeval Town Series

Post by **Availle** » February 22nd, 2021, 7:43 pm

I just stumbled across this series of books on mediaeval towns from the early 20th century. They sound interesting, and in the case of Europe, many of the places described inside these towns are probably gone by now...
Maybe somebody would like to start another long-term project.

Timothy Ferguson · Post by **Timothy Ferguson** » March 10th, 2021, 6:09 am

These sound awesome. If I wasn't already doing two books about Venice I'd be interested in it. I'd be glad to help on group projects on any of them, though.

Post by **Availle** » March 10th, 2021, 6:23 am

I'll probably set up one or two after the March cleanup

Post by **Leni** » March 10th, 2021, 1:13 pm

I found them quite charming too... I'd be happy to BC some if you wish to share.

Post by **Availle** » March 12th, 2021, 4:00 am

Ooh, tricky... I like to have the good ones to myself.

But if we do share, then the series is getting done quicker...

Okay, let's do this together. I'd love to do Cairo and Constantinople myself though.

And we need to decide if we go alphabetically or by "we don't have anything about *city* in the catalog yet"...

Post by **Leni** » March 12th, 2021, 10:41 am

It is really just if you want to share and have them in the catalog faster

My approach is usually "whatever we like best because we are the ones picking"

I am obviously particular to Rome, Verona and Venice. But no worries. Whatever is left is fun.

Edit: I just started finding a few others, I am adding here because I don't have links to them yet, so I didn't want to mess the first post.

The Story of Ravenna, by Edward Hutton, published 1926, so still out of bounds for us (there is a review here)
The Story of Pisa by Janet Ross and Nelly Erichsen London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1909
The Story of Padua, by Cesare Foligno, 1910

pschempf · Post by **pschempf** » March 12th, 2021, 12:49 pm

The Story of Pisa by Janet Ross and Nelly Erichsen, is here -
https://archive.org/details/storyofpisa00rossuoft

The Story of Padua, by Cesare Foligno, is here -
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000380341

Post by **Availle** » March 12th, 2021, 3:16 pm

So cool!

I can't see Padua, but Pisa is definitely part of the series.

pschempf · Post by **pschempf** » March 12th, 2021, 5:01 pm

The link for Padua is definitely part of the Mediæval Town Series. There is a listing of the various volumes of the series at the beginning in the book, also including one for -

The Story pf Milan by Ella Noyes (1908).

Gutenberg has it here -

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53961

Gutenberg also has a book on Ravenna, by Edward Hutton, published 1913, but I don't think it was part of the series -

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12542

Post by **Availle** » March 12th, 2021, 5:25 pm

Thank you Phil, I've added your links to the OP.
The one on Ravenna that you found is probably not part of the series since the title is different.
He may have well written another one 13 years later though.

Edit: OH, gutenberg has a whole bookshelf of this series:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/401

I'll add the ones we don't have listed yet to the OP as well.

Post by **Leni** » March 13th, 2021, 2:00 pm

From what I found the Ravenna was first published in 1913 as just Ravenna, and then embellished and re-published as part of the collection in 1926 as The Story of Ravenna. So, the 1926 edition would be part of the series, but the 1913 would not.

Post by **Availle** » March 13th, 2021, 4:56 pm

I see. Well, only one year to wait then.

pschempf · Post by **pschempf** » March 14th, 2021, 12:43 am

The other 28 would probably keep readers busy until then anyhow

.

Post by **Availle** » April 2nd, 2021, 10:37 pm

Let's start this off!

"The Story of Cairo" is waiting for readers here: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=86617

paullawleyjones · September 18th, 2022, 4:39 am

Availle wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2021, 7:43 pm Oxford by Cecil Headlam
https://archive.org/details/storyofoxford0000head

There seems to be a later (and cheaper!) edition of The Story of Oxford, renamed "Oxford and its Story," published in 1912, on The Gutenberg Project: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46274