Peter Stubley

Pauper's History of England (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A unique tour through British history-from the perspective of the peasants and the poverty-stricken. 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? A Pauper's History of England covers a thousand years of poverty, from Domesday right up to the twentieth century, via the Black Death and the English Civil War. It paints a portrait of what life was like for the peasants, paupers, beggars, and 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 poverty
• Join the Peasants' 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, and more!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen and Sword
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781473871618
• Artikelnr.: 44171445

Autorenporträt

Peter Stubley is a crime journalist and historian. He was born and raised in the north of England but lives in London. This is his third book.