Wrien by Natalie D. History of London 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Roman beginnings 1.3. The Saxons in London 1.4. London in the Medieval Era 1.4.1. The Normans at the begging of Medieval Era 1.4.2. The Norman kings 1.4.3. The Angevins 1.4.4. The Plantagenets 1.4.5. Life in the Middle Ages 1.5. Tudor London 1.5.1. About the Tudors 1.5.2. Life in Tudor London: buildings, the city, population, theatres 1.6. The Stuarts 1.6.1. Political background: the Civil War and the Stuarts 1.6.2. The Great Plague and the Great Fire of London 1.6.3. Life in London in the 17th century 1.7.Georgian London 1.7.1. The importance of Georgian London 1.7.2. Life in Georgian London: society and new innovations 1.8. Victorian London 1.8.1. The significance of London, politics and industrialisation 1.8.2. Life in Victorian London: society, problems and culture 1.9. London in the XX century 1.10. Conclusion 1.11. References 1.1. Introduction One of the revue songs is entitled "Why Can’t We Have the Sea in London?" The only thing that London lacks, it seems, is the access to the water. However, in a sense, once there was a sea in Greater London; it was fifty million years ago that London was covered with great water. The evidence of sea life can be found in various building, be it Customs House, whose building material reflects the currents' direction in the past or the research made on clay that shows the process through which the London's soil went. 1