The World of the Newport Medieval Ship

Trade, Politics and Shipping in the Mid-Fifteenth Century

Editor(s) Evan Jones,Richard Stone

Language: English

Genre(s): History

  • May 2018 · 320 pages ·234x156mm

  • · Hardback - 9781786831439
  • · eBook - pdf - 9781786831446
  • · eBook - epub - 9781786831453
  • · Paperback - 9781786832634

The Newport Medieval Ship is the most important late-medieval merchant vessel yet recovered. Built c.1450 in northern Spain, it foundered at Newport twenty years later while undergoing repairs. Since its discovery in 2002, further investigations have transformed historians’ understanding of fifteenth-century ship technology. With plans in place to make the ship the centrepiece for a permanent exhibition in Newport, this volume interprets the vessel, to enable visitors, students and researchers to understand the ship and the world from which it came. The volume contains eleven chapters, written by leading maritime archaeologists and historians. Together, they consider its significance and locate the vessel within its commercial, political and social environment.

About the Editor(s)

Author(s): Evan Jones

Evan Jones is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Bristol.

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Author(s): Richard Stone

Richard Stone is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Bristol.

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