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Response to Review no. 223
On behalf of myself and my fellow editors I would like to express my thanks to Professor Clarkson for the close attention that he has clearly paid to our book, for his consideration of each and every chapter and for his comments on the volume as a whole. Of course, even in a summary ofContinue reading “Response to Review no. 223”
Guilds, Society & Economy in London 1450-1800
This collection of essays arises from a conference hosted by the Centre for Metropolitan History at the Institute of Historical Research on 13 April 2000 entitled ‘Revisiting the Livery Companies’. (1) With its promise to explore the history of London livery companies from a variety of perspectives, employing both historical and interdisciplinary approaches, and theContinue reading “Guilds, Society & Economy in London 1450-1800”
Earthly Necessities. Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain
Some historians only write big books and Keith Wrightson is among them, but he does so repeatedly, and in two sorts: pathbreaking, detailed, empirical local studies on the one hand, and magisterial, interpretative overviews on the other. The title of this latest book leaves no room for doubt as to the category to which itContinue reading “Earthly Necessities. Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain”
Strangers Settled Here Amongst Us – Policies, Perceptions and the Presence of Aliens in Elizabethan England
In writing about alien immigrants to England and their reception in the sixteenth century Laura Yungblut has identified a subject that has long cried out for further study, both detailed research into particular features of immigrant communities and broader overviews to incorporate the accumulated wisdom of specialised journal articles, articles often unavailable even in manyContinue reading “Strangers Settled Here Amongst Us – Policies, Perceptions and the Presence of Aliens in Elizabethan England”