Map of Early Modern London Document Type Taxonomy

  • Agas Map (mdt:mdtMap)
    The Agas map, along with documents and transcriptions relating to it.
  • Databases (mdt:mdtDatabase)
    Database-like documents containing a sequence of records, such as a personography.
    • Generated Databases (mdt:mdtDatabaseGenerated)
      Database-like documents which have been programmatically generated from the data in the rest of the collection, such as the MoEML gazetteer.
  • Born-digital Documents (mdt:mdtBornDigital)
    Born-digital documents created as part of this project, and not based on any pre-existing source text.
  • Primary Sources (mdt:mdtPrimarySource)
    Digital editions of primary source documents such as mayoral shows and Stow’s Survey of London.
    • Library (mdt:mdtPrimarySourceLibrary)
      MoEML’s library of primary source texts (not including Stow’s work).
      • Lord Mayor’s Shows (mdt:mdtPrimarySourceLibraryMayoral)
        TEI-encoded, diplomatic transcriptions of early modern lord mayor’s shows. When complete, these digital texts will constitute a complete anthology of mayoral pageantry in London between 1585 and 1639.
      • Royal Entries (mdt:mdtPrimarySourceLibraryRoyal)
        TEI-encoded, diplomatic transcriptions of early modern texts portraying the civic procession of soon-to-be-crowned English/British monarchs.
      • Dramatic Extracts (mdt:mdtPrimarySourceLibraryDrama)
        TEI-encoded, diplomatic transcriptions of early modern dramatic extracts rich in London toponyms.
      • Proclamations (mdt:mdtPrimarySourceLibraryProclamation)
        TEI-encoded, diplomatic transcriptions of early modern broadside proclamations from the lord mayor, the livery companies, and the Church of England.
      • Plague Documents (mdt:mdtPrimarySourceLibraryPlague)
        TEI-encoded, diplomatic transcriptions of and critical materials for documents relating to the plague in early modern London.
      • Other Texts (mdt:mdtPrimarySourceLibraryOther)
        TEI-encoded, diplomatic transcriptions of prose and poetry selections rich in London toponyms.
    • Stow’s Survey of London (mdt:mdtPrimarySourceStow)
      Digital editions of Stow’s A Survey of London.
  • About MoEML (mdt:mdtParatext)
    Documents providing information about the MoEML project.
    • People (mdt:mdtParatextPeople)
      Documents providing information about people associated with MoEML.
    • News (mdt:mdtParatextNews)
      Documents providing news about the MoEML project.
    • Project CV (mdt:mdtParatextCv)
      Documents providing information about the history and achievements MoEML project.
    • Blog Posts (mdt:mdtParatextBlogPost)
      Blog posts written by MoEML team members. Read MoEML’s Social Media Guidelines here.
    • Legal (mdt:mdtParatextLegal)
      Documents providing details of licensing, publication terms, and other legal issues relating to MoEML content.
  • Site Landing Pages (mdt:mdtLandingPage)
    Splash or landing pages, presenting the initial introduction to a subcollection of documents. These are often partly populated by XIncluded content from elsewhere in the database.
  • Project Documentation (mdt:mdtDocumentation)
    Project documentation.
    • Documentation for Contributors (mdt:mdtDocumentationContribute)
      Documentation for contributors or potential contributors to the project.
    • Documentation for Encoders (mdt:mdtDocumentationEncoding)
      Documentation for transcribers and encoders, including information on project praxis, standards, methodology and tools.
    • Documentation for Editors (mdt:mdtDocumentationEditorial)
      Documentation of our scholarly editorial practices.
  • Encyclopedia (mdt:mdtEncyclopedia)
    Documents that form part of the encyclopedia component of the MoEML project.
    • Generic Places (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaGeneric)
      Places found throughout the city that are not confined to one space. For specific locations, see the Placeography.
    • Placeography (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocation)
      Locations in early modern London. For places that appear in multiple spaces, see Generic Places.
      • Bars (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationBars)
        Bars across a street in early modern London. Bars delimited the city limits and were guarded to control ingress and egress.
      • Brothels (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationBrothel)
        Brothels in early modern London.
      • Bookshops (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationBookshop)
        Bookshops in early modern London.
      • Bridges (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationBridge)
        Bridges in early modern London. This category comes from Stow, and includes London Bridge (the stone bridge and its timber antecedent) as well as the many bridges over ditches and streams.
      • Chapels (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationChapel)
        Chapels in early modern London. Chapels do not have parishes associated with them. Chapels are usually located within churches, great houses, guildhalls, and palaces.
      • Churches (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationChurch)
        Churches in early modern London. For the generic place, see Church.
      • Gates (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationGate)
        Gates in early modern London. This category comes from Stow, and includes the gates in the City Wall.
      • Halls (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationHall)
        Halls in early modern London.
      • Inns of Court (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationInnsofcourt)
        The Inns of Courts were the law schools of early modern London.
      • Liberties (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationLiberty)
        Liberties in early modern London. The term liberty was used to refer to suburban districts or other locations that were not under the jurisdiction of the City of London. For the generic place, see Liberty.
      • Graphical Features of the Agas Map (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationMap)
        Graphical features of the Agas Map.
      • Markets (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationMarket)
        Markets in early modern London. For the generic place, see Market.
      • Monument, Shrines, and Tombs (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationMonument)
        Monuments, shrines, and tombs in early modern London.
      • Neighbourhoods (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationNeighbourhood)
        London’s official political jurisdictions are parishes, wards, and liberties. Early modern texts also talk about areas that we might call neighbourhoods. They do not lend themselves to being mapped on the Agas map platform underlying The Map of Early Modern London because they do not have clear boundaries; however, they were significant to the early modern imagination and are mentioned throughout the texts we cite. These areas encompass many features of the streetscape and landscape, and often cross jurisdictional boundaries. The following list will be expanded as MoEML’s other pages make reference to neighbourhoods.
      • Parishes (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationParish)
        Parishes in early modern London. Authority names come from the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks. For the geo-located parish boundaries, we are indebted to the work of Locating London’s Past.
      • Playhouses (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationPlayhouse)
        Playhouses in early modern London.
      • Prisons (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationPrison)
        Prisons in early modern London. See The Prison System (encyclopedia topic) for more information about prisons in early modern London.
      • Places of Punishment (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationPunishment)
        Places of punishment include gallows, stocks, and temporary scaffolds habitually erected in specific locations.
      • Sites (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationSite)
        Sites in early modern London.
      • Streets (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationStreet)
        Streets in early modern London.
      • Victualling Houses (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationSustenance)
        Establishments in early modern London such as Inns, Alehouses, and Taverns where sustenance was served. We include all such establishments in a single category. For the generic places, see Inn, Alehouse, Tavern, Ordinary, Bakehouse, Cook-shop, and Tobacco Shop.
      • Topographical Features (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationTopographical)
        By the early modern period, the natural topography of the site upon which London was built had been largely overwritten by urban development. The names of streets, sites, and churches attest to the springs and rivers that were once visible. For example, the Walbrook had been bricked over, but it was still the imaginary boundary between east and west London. We list here a few topographical features to which we intend to devote pages in the future.
      • Wards (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationWard)
        Wards in early modern London.
      • Water Features (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationWaters)
        Water features in early modern London. This category comes from Stow, and includes the rivers (such as the Thames, Walbrook, and Medway), wells, conduits, tuns, cisterns, pools, ponds, fountains, and bosses (spewing wall fountains), the New River Project (1613), the Waterworks (built 1593-94 in Queenhithe), and other structures and features that supply water to the city.
      • Riverside Features (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaLocationRiverside)
        Riverside wharfs, quays, landings, hithes, and stairs in early modern London. For the generic place, see Riverside.
    • Gazetteer (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaGazetteer)
      A gazetteer of the placenames of early modern London.
    • Personography (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaPersonography)
      List of historical persons and literary characters, with brief biographies.
      • Historical Personography (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaPersonographyHistorical)
        Historical people with brief biographical information.
      • Literary Personography (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaPersonographyLiterary)
        Literary figures including allegorical, mythological, Biblical, and dramatic characters.
      • Full-length Biographies (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaPersonographyBiography)
        Full-length biographical articles. These are standalone documents, in contrast with the shorter notes in the personography.
    • Orgography (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaOrganization)
      Articles on organizations such as livery companies.
    • Topics (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaTopic)
      Articles on specific historical or literary topics.
    • Glossary (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaGlossary)
      Glossary of early modern terms.
    • Bibliography (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaBibliography)
      Lists of sources and references used in the MoEML project.
      • Finding Aids (mdt:mdtEncyclopediaBibliographyFinding)
        Finding aids created as subprojects of the MoEML project.
  • Documents Relating to John Stow (mdt:mdtStow)
    Documents relating to John Stow, including digital editions of his texts, biographies, and other critical material.
  • Critical Editorial Documents (mdt:mdtCritical)
    Critical apparatus, introductions and textual notes relating to digital editions of primary texts.
  • Undergraduate Student Articles (mdt:mdtUndergraduate)
    Articles written by undergraduate students.
  • Graduate Student Articles (mdt:mdtGraduate)
    Articles written by graduate students.
  • Articles by Pedagogical Partners (mdt:mdtPedagogicalPartner)
    Articles assigned to and/or written by Pedagogical Partners.
  • Articles by Scholars (mdt:mdtScholar)
    Articles written by scholars (post-doctoral researchers, faculty, etc.).
  • Articles by Independent Researchers (mdt:mdtIndependent)
    Articles written by independent researchers.
  • Peer-reviewed Documents (mdt:mdtPeerReviewed)
    Born-digital documents which have been peer-reviewed.
  • Teaching Materials and Lesson Plans (mdt:mdtTeaching)
    Teaching materials and lesson plans based on MoEML.

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