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Christopher Hibbert
The English
A Social History 1[zasłonięte]066-19
London 1987
Stron 785, format: 16x24 cm
32 czarno-białych i 34 kolorowych ilustracji
Książka używana: na grzbiecie minimalne uszkodzenia.
In this vivid and compelling book, Christopher
Hibbert records the daily life of the English people from the days of the Norman Conquest until our own. Based on diaries, letters, memoirs, official reports, the works of modern social historians and the literature of every period, The English traces the development of English society over nine hundred years.
The chapters range far and wide over life in castles, palaces and monasteries, in the homes of
rich merchants and in the hovels of peasants, describing the work and play of the inhabitants, their clothes and food and possessions, their servants and animals, their pleasures and suffering, their beliefs and attitudes, their schools,
fairs, shops and markets, hospitals and prisons, theatres and churches, farms and factories, taverns and brothels. Every aspect of medieval and modern life is covered in fascinating detail.
We learn about medieval meals and games, poachers and priests, tournaments and pageants; fifteenth-century universities; sixteenth-century plagues and seventeenth-century libraries, music rooms, nurseries and witch-hunts; eighteenth-century parsons, coachmen and doctors; nineteenth-century noblemen, factory girls and cricketers; twentieth-century maidservants, landladies and motorists.
The English is one of the most informative and entertaining social histories of England ever written.
Contents
Author's Note x
A Note on Money xi
Chronology of Reigns xii
Prologue xiii
part one • The Middle Ages
1 Castles, Lords and Chatelaines 3
2 Cottagers and Peasants 19
3 Plague and Revolt 32
4 Churches, Monks and Friars 39
5 Drinking and Playing 52
6 Wayfarers and Pilgrims 63
7 Tournaments, Pageants and Miracles 82
8 Town Life 97
9 Daughters and Wives 107
10 Pupils and Masters 112
11 Scholars and Students 124
12 Crime and Punishment 138
13 Doctors and Patients 149
part two • The Ages of Shakespeare and Milton
14 Villagers, Vagrants and Vagabonds 171
15 Priests, Parishioners and Recusants 186
16 Country Houses and Country People 194
17 Animals and Sportsmen 207
18 Readers and Music Makers 214
19 Clothes and Class 223
20 Citizens, Masters and Journeymen 228
21 Women and Children 236
22 Actors and Playgoers 240
23 'Whole Counties Became Desperate' 252
24 Schoolboys and Schoolgirls 265
25 Undergraduates and Tutors 277
26 'Roasted Chickens - Pease - Lobsters -Strawberries' 283
part three • From Defoe to Cobbett
27 'A Tour thro' the Whole Island' 299
28 Countrymen, Clergymen and Farmers 308
29 Country Houses and Gardens 323
30 Interiors 331
31 Manners and Dress 337
32 Travellers, Postmen and Innkeepers 347
33 Hunters, Poachers and Smugglers 358
34 Pastimes and Pleasures 363
35 Marriage and Divorce 381
36 Sex 397
37 Theatres and Shows 408
38 Quacks, Diseases and Cures 426
39 Operators and Tooth-drawers 441
40 'Youth are Expeditiously Instructed' . 448
41 Universities, Academies and the Grand Tour 458
42 Masters and Workers 466
43 Clothworkers and Machine-breakers 477
44 Rick-burners, Paupers and Chartists 488
45 Below Stairs
46 Shops and Shopping
47 Pedlars and Markets
part four • From the Victorians to Modern Times
48 Owners of the Land 541
49 Dressing, Smoking and Social Rank 549
50 Workers on the Land 558
51 Towns, Factories and Public Health 568
52 Mines, Brickfields and Sweat-shops 583
53 'No One Knows the Cruelty' 594
54 Middle Classes and Class Distinctions 601
55 Leisure Hours 621
56 The Flesh and the Spirit 633
57 Passengers and Drivers 644
58 Law and Order 661
59 Homes and Holidays 675
60 Wars and Aftermaths 689
References 711
Sources 738
Illustration credits 755
Index of Names 759
Index of Subjects 770
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