Stratford-on-Avon : From the Earliest Times to the Death of Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781108048187 | 1108048188
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 5/15/2012
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Sir Sidney Lee (1859-1926) was a lifelong scholar and enthusiast of Shakespeare, who in 1898 wrote a highly regarded account of the poet's life. This illustrated work of 1890 draws on archival material to provide a history of the town of Stratford up to the time of Shakespeare's death.
This illustrated 1890 work draws on archival material to provide a history of Stratford up to the time of Shakespeare's death.
This illustrated 1890 work draws on archival material to provide a history of Stratford up to the time of Shakespeare's death.
| Introductory | |
| The origin of the town, and its relations with the see of Worcester | |
| Agricultural life | |
| Mediaeval trade, markets, and fairs | |
| John, Robert, and Ralph of Stratford | |
| The Church of the Holy Trinity | |
| The Guild | |
| Sir Hugh Clopton's benefactions | |
| The Reformation at Stratford | |
| The growth of self-governme... MORE | |
| John Shakespeare in municipal office and in trade | |
| The Stratford industries and population | |
| John Shakespeare's first settlement in Stratford - the streets | |
| The construction and furniture of the houses - the gardens | |
| The sanitary conditions of the town | |
| Plagues, fires, floods, and famines | |
| Domestic and school discipline | |
| The occupations of Stratford lads | |
| The players at Stratford | |
| Rural sports | |
| Charlecote House - poaching in the park | |
| Indoor amusements | |
| Christenings and marriage | |
| Shakespeare at Stratford in later life | |
| The Gunpowder Plot - Combe's death - the attempt to enclose the Welcombe Fields | |
| Shakespeare's death and his descendants | |
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