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A Pauper's History of England. 1,000 Years of Peasants, Beggars and Guttersnipes

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#242371
Titel	A Pauper's History of England. 1,000 Years of Peasants, Beggars and Guttersnipes
Auteur	Stubley, Peter
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Barnsley, Pen & Sword
Jaar van uitgave	2015
ISBN10	1783376112
ISBN13	9781783376117
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	What would English history look like from the gutter? The past is traditionally told from the viewpoint of kings and queens, politicians and pioneers. But what about the people struggling to survive at the very lowest levels of society? Surely the poor are just as much a part of our heritage? A Pauper's History of England covers 1,000 years of poverty from Domesday right up to the twentieth century, via the Black Death and the English Civil War. It uses contemporary sources creatively to give the reader an idea of just what life was like for the peasants, paupers, beggars and the working poor as England developed from a feudal society into a wealthy superpower. Experience the past from a different perspective: * Tour the England of the Domesday Book * Make a solemn Franciscan vow of Pove... (Lees verder)rty * Join the Peasant's Revolt of 1381 * Converse with Elizabethan beggars' and learn their secret language * Meet the inmates of Bedlam Hospital and Bridewell Prison * Enjoy a gin-soaked Georgian night of debauchery * Spend the night in a workhouse * Go slumming in Victorian London
Pagina's	167
Conditie	Nieuw
Prijs	€ 12,50

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