The Civil War caused a major economic crisis in London, not only because of the interrelationship between its economy and that of the rest of England, but also because of its function as the hub of the economic networks of the kingdom and of the rest of the world. This text examines the crisis. 'This is an important book, and deserves a wide readership.' Economic History Review '... an important book for scholars interested in the English Civil War or seventeenth-century London.' EH.NET '... an important contribution to our understanding of the impact of war on the early modern urban environment.' Urban History Newsletter '... this useful little book will prove of lasting value to historians of early modern London.' The London Journal 'Ben Coates has provided an excellent survey of London's - indeed, all of England's - economic journey during the decade of the 1640s.' Sixteenth Century Journal