Author: William Roper
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Materials for the History of the Church of Lancaster
Author: William Roper
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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The Diary of Edmund Harrold, Wigmaker of Manchester 1712–15
Author: Craig Horner
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351891588
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The survival of Edmund Harrold's diary for the years 1712-1715 is a remarkable piece of luck for historians. Not only are such diaries for the 'middling sort' rare for this period, but few provide so candid an insight into the everyday concerns and troubles of early eighteenth century life. Providing a full transcription of the diary, with a substantial introduction and scholarly references, this edition (the first since a partial transcription in the nineteenth century) offers a unique insight into both a troubled individual, and the society in which he lived and worked. Born in 1678, Edmund Harrold seems to have worked his whole life in Manchester as a barber and wigmaker, with a sideline in book dealing. The period covered by his diary, although short, is rich in its insights into his life and thoughts. It lays open his struggles with alcohol, his attitudes to (and frequency of) marital sex, his reactions to the death of his three wives and 5 children, and his religious meditations upon these and other subjects. The diary also relates the ups and downs of his business, together with the day-to-day realities of a provincial barber, from cutting hair, to wig making, to unblocking the nipples of wet nurses (the only medical service he records performing). What emerges from the these pages is a fascinating snapshot into the social, professional and private life of an impoverished inhabitant of Manchester during a period of profound social and economic change. It is impossible to read the diary without developing some sense of empathy with this troubled man, but more than this, it puts flesh onto the bones of history, reminding us that the people we read about and study were all individuals.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351891588
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The survival of Edmund Harrold's diary for the years 1712-1715 is a remarkable piece of luck for historians. Not only are such diaries for the 'middling sort' rare for this period, but few provide so candid an insight into the everyday concerns and troubles of early eighteenth century life. Providing a full transcription of the diary, with a substantial introduction and scholarly references, this edition (the first since a partial transcription in the nineteenth century) offers a unique insight into both a troubled individual, and the society in which he lived and worked. Born in 1678, Edmund Harrold seems to have worked his whole life in Manchester as a barber and wigmaker, with a sideline in book dealing. The period covered by his diary, although short, is rich in its insights into his life and thoughts. It lays open his struggles with alcohol, his attitudes to (and frequency of) marital sex, his reactions to the death of his three wives and 5 children, and his religious meditations upon these and other subjects. The diary also relates the ups and downs of his business, together with the day-to-day realities of a provincial barber, from cutting hair, to wig making, to unblocking the nipples of wet nurses (the only medical service he records performing). What emerges from the these pages is a fascinating snapshot into the social, professional and private life of an impoverished inhabitant of Manchester during a period of profound social and economic change. It is impossible to read the diary without developing some sense of empathy with this troubled man, but more than this, it puts flesh onto the bones of history, reminding us that the people we read about and study were all individuals.
A Manchester Assessment of 1648
Author: Manchester (England)
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Category : Broughton, Eng. (Lancashire)
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Publisher:
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Category : Broughton, Eng. (Lancashire)
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Documents Relating to the Plague in Manchester in 1605
Author: William Edward Armytage Axon
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Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester
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Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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The Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey of the Premonstratensian Order
Author: Cockersand Abbey
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Category : Premonstratensian monasteries
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Category : Premonstratensian monasteries
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Materials for the History of Lancaster
Author: William Roper
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Category : Lancaster (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Category : Lancaster (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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A History of Newton Chapelry in the Ancient Parish of Manchester
Author: Henry Thomas Crofton
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Category : Newton (Lancashire, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Category : Newton (Lancashire, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Materials for the History of the Church of Lancaster
Author: William Oliver Roper
Publisher:
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Category : Inscriptions
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Publisher:
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Category : Inscriptions
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Manchester Cathedral
Author: Jeremy Gregory
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526161257
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Founded in 1421, the Collegiate Church of Manchester, which became a cathedral in 1847, is of outstanding historical and architectural importance. But until now it has not been the subject of a comprehensive study. Appearing on the 600th anniversary of the Cathedral’s inception by Henry V, this book explores the building’s past and its place at the heart of the world's first industrial city, touching on everything from architecture and music to misericords and stained glass. Written by a team of renowned experts and beautifully illustrated with more than 100 photographs, this history of the ‘Collegiate Church’ is at the same time a history of the English church in miniature.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526161257
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Founded in 1421, the Collegiate Church of Manchester, which became a cathedral in 1847, is of outstanding historical and architectural importance. But until now it has not been the subject of a comprehensive study. Appearing on the 600th anniversary of the Cathedral’s inception by Henry V, this book explores the building’s past and its place at the heart of the world's first industrial city, touching on everything from architecture and music to misericords and stained glass. Written by a team of renowned experts and beautifully illustrated with more than 100 photographs, this history of the ‘Collegiate Church’ is at the same time a history of the English church in miniature.