Urban origins -- Early Londinium -- Change and decay -- Londinium and Lundenwic c.400-c.886 -- From Lundenburg to the birth of a municipal commune c.886-1215 -- The emergence of the medieval capital c.1216-c.1530 -- The rise of the metropolis -- Religious and educational revolution -- Political revolutions -- The processes of growth -- The administration of the metropolis -- Death and life in London -- The growth and structure of London -- London and the genesis of the industrial economy -- Religion, education, and leisure -- Metropolitan politics and metropolitan class -- Structures of the modern metropolis -- The people of London -- The imperial and global metropolis -- The inter-war years 1914-1939 -- World War II 1939-1945 -- Disruptions 1945- 1997 -- Valediction.