Excavations at the Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, Clerkenwell, London

Several large-scale excavations by the Museum of London in the 1980s and 1990s have been combined with antiquarian surveys in this monograph to produce a remarkable picture of the priory. Founded in 1144, this highly unusual religious house evolved from a round-naved church and associated conventual buildings into one of London's premier palatial residences. It blended monastic elements, such as a large church and a cemetery, with examples of a great hall, residential ranges and service courts, found usually only at the palaces of the richest nobles.