부산대학교 도서관

The story of the woollen cloth trade in England, and particularly in London, is virtually the history of early, European commerce, tracing the origins of capitalism in this country. It is also a history of the rise and fall of competing interest groups and their domination of trade at any one period. Excavations at Guildhall Yard between 1987 and 1999 (see Fig. 1) uncovered, for the first time, substantial remains of Blackwell Hall, the centre of the woollen cloth trade in London from the 14th to the 18th century. Developing out of a medieval domestic hall belonging to the Cliffords, the building complex grew to comprise several ranges of buildings around two linked courtyards, and occupied all the land between Guildhall Yard and Basinghall Street. This brief survey, traces the history of the wool cloth industry, and the development of the building as revealed by documents and excavation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]