Local History in England, Volume 582482860Longman, 1972 - 268 pages |
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Page 78
... Leicester , by M. Claire Cross ( Leicester University College , 1953 ) . This history is valuable not only for the light it throws upon the working- out of the Reformation in one English provincial town , but also for the variety of ...
... Leicester , by M. Claire Cross ( Leicester University College , 1953 ) . This history is valuable not only for the light it throws upon the working- out of the Reformation in one English provincial town , but also for the variety of ...
Page 111
... Leicester , for example , an analysis of the occupations of mayors during the sixteenth century shows that mercers and merchants are represented more times than any other occupation , nineteen times in all . But they occur thirteen ...
... Leicester , for example , an analysis of the occupations of mayors during the sixteenth century shows that mercers and merchants are represented more times than any other occupation , nineteen times in all . But they occur thirteen ...
Page 112
... Leicester were smaller towns at this time but even they had sixty or more distinct occupations . The local historian must not content himself , therefore , with vague remarks about wool mer- chants or cloth merchants , and the woollen ...
... Leicester were smaller towns at this time but even they had sixty or more distinct occupations . The local historian must not content himself , therefore , with vague remarks about wool mer- chants or cloth merchants , and the woollen ...
Contents
THE LOCAL HISTORIAN TODAY I | 1 |
ENGLISH LOCAL HISTORIANS | 17 |
THE OLD COMMUNITY | 28 |
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