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The City of London: Medieval City to Modern Metropolis- Walking tour with Mike Berlin
One-day course
+44 (0)20 7942 2000
This walking tour will take you through the hidden lanes and main streets of the City of London, exploring the remaining fragments of the ancient capital and topography of the great events and key social and economic trends of the medieval and early modern city. Amid the soaring towers of the 21st century, we shall search out the vestiges of ancient moments in London’s history, from its roots in late antiquity to the era of the great fire.
This walk is designed to complement the course ‘A History of London: 1066-1666’ led by Mike Berlin but you do not need to be enrolled on any online course to join this event.
Please note that we cannot guarantee that this tour is fully accessible; there will be curbs, narrow and uneven pavements on this tour.
Please note that we cannot guarantee that this tour is fully accessible; there will be curbs, narrow and uneven pavements on this tour.
V&A Academy Course Director
Mike Berlin
Mike Berlin is a Lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is a specialist in the social history of early modern London and has published extensively on the history of London’s guilds. Before joining Birkbeck, he was a research officer at the Centre for Metropolitan History, Institute of Historical Research.
I loved it all! An excellent walk with so much interesting information, hearing about the people that lived in the area and what their work and lives involved. Previous walking tour attendee
Course overview
This walking tour is linked to Mike Berlin's 12-week Autumn term art history course ‘‘A History of London: 1066-1666’, for which, you can watch lectures live or on demand, with recordings available at the end of each day.
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One-day course: The City of London: Medieval City to Modern Metropolis- Walking tour with Mike Berlin
25 October 2024
£70.00
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Open 10.00 - 13.00, Monday to Sunday (closed 24-26 December)
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Header image: Map c.1560 (drawn), 1572 (printed), © Victoria and Albert Museum, London