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Townspeople and nation, English urban experiences, 1540-1640, Robert Tittler

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Townspeople and nation, English urban experiences, 1540-1640, Robert Tittler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-241) and index

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Townspeople and nation

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

44869029

Responsibility statement

Robert Tittler

Sub title

English urban experiences, 1540-1640

Table Of Contents

Browne, town, and crown: John Browne and the quest for crown lands in Boston -- John Pitt and the building of the Blandford Forum town hall -- John and Joan Cooke: civic portraiture and urban identity in Gloucester -- Sir Thomas White of London: civic philanthropy and the making of the merchant-hero -- Henry Manship: constructing the civic memory in Great Yarmouth -- Henry Hardware and the face of Puritan reform in Chester -- Swaddon the swindler and Pulman the "thief-taker": crime and variations in the great metropolis -- Joyce Jefferies and the possibilities of spinsterhood in Hereford

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