Eyewitnessing 13th-century London

My good friend Ian Stone has been researching medieval London for as long as I can remember him. His prize-winning article on Arnold Fitz Thedmar (1201-1275), the first London alderman whose life and ideas can be traced in some detail, paints an intriguing picture of 13th-century London, a snapshot of a city caught between its split loyalties and its vo…