What Everyday Life Looked Like in Medieval London?

London, 1355. A pewterer is up before first light, in a city where almost nobody owns a clock. This is one ordinary day. The bell that shuts the gates, the water that has to be carried, the market that runs on rules, and one oath at the Guildhall that turns his son from an apprentice into a citizen. Why the city's chief officer has a French name. Why a spire that no longer exists stood higher than the dome standing there today. Who paid for the war in France, and why asking for better wages was an offence. No kings, no battles. A workshop, a bell, and a line of ink in a book that is still the point.