Today, London is a bustling capital city home to more than nine million people and over three dozen skyscrapers. During the medieval period, however, the city looked much different. Most of the population, which never surpassed 100,000, lived and worked within the old Roman walls, an area covering approximately one square mile.
The hustle and bustle of urban living, as well as the economic opportunities within the city, attracted people from across the English Channel in addition to t...