Sidney Lee

Stratford-on-Avon

From the Earliest Times to the Death of Shakespeare

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9781017900682
• ISBN-10: 101790068X
• Artikelnr.: 66857279

Inhaltsangabe

Introductory
1. The origin of the town, and its relations with the see of Worcester
2. Agricultural life
3. Mediaeval trade, markets, and fairs
4. John, Robert, and Ralph of Stratford
5. The Church of the Holy Trinity
6. The Guild
7. Sir Hugh Clopton's benefactions
8. The Reformation at Stratford
9. The growth of self-government
10. John Shakespeare in municipal office and in trade
11. The Stratford industries and population
12. John Shakespeare's first settlement in Stratford - the streets
13. The construction and furniture of the houses - the gardens
14. The sanitary conditions of the town
15. Plagues, fires, floods, and famines
16. Domestic and school discipline
17. The occupations of Stratford lads
18. The players at Stratford
19. Rural sports
20. Charlecote House - poaching in the park
21. Indoor amusements
22. Christenings and marriage
23. Shakespeare at Stratford in later life
24. The Gunpowder Plot - Combe's death - the attempt to enclose the Welcombe Fields
25. Shakespeare's death and his descendants.