Alfred Plummer

The London Weaver's Company 1600 - 1970

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Worshipful Company of Weavers, the oldest of all the London Livery Companies, can trace its origins to a twelfth-century craft guild. Largely based upon original records never before studied in depth, this authorized history of the company covers the period from the end of the reign of Elizabeth I to modern times.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 721g
• ISBN-13: 9781138861732
• ISBN-10: 1138861731
• Artikelnr.: 42835248

Autorenporträt

Alfred Plummer

Inhaltsangabe

1. In London under James I 2. Gild Governance I 3. Gild Governance II 4.
Freemen of the Future 5. Sources of Income 6. Public Service and Private
Interest 7. Strangers and Settlers 8. Two Early Inventions 9. A Time of
Conflict and Calamity 10. Building Anew 11. Pageantry and Good Cheer 12.
Worthy Benefactors and Charitable Gifts 13. A New Charter and By-laws 14.
Daniel Defoe and the Calico Madams 15. Special Treatment for Spitalfields
16. An Early-Victorian Mayor 17. Change of Pattern I 18. Change of Pattern
II 19. Mid-Twentieth Century