Coventry: A Growing City

Tom Donnelly ()
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Chapter Chapter 2 in Revival of a City, 2019, pp 11-39 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Coventry’s growth dates from the Roman occupation of these islands. Allegedly the Roman outpost was followed by the establishment of a convent of nuns, though the exact originsMigrant workers Coventry, by origin of the city remain obscure. In medievalmedieval times the city was bound up with the cloth industryTextiles cloth industry and not only sold kerseys and the like in London, but exportedExports to nearby Europe through ports such as Boston.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22822-4_2

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