Letters of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, From the Archives of Southampton (Classic Reprint)
Letters of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, From the Archives of Southampton (Classic Reprint)

Author: Southampton Record Society

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-08

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781333185534

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Excerpt from Letters of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, From the Archives of Southampton The eight packets XI-1 to XI - 8 contain a great variety of documents. Apart from a large number of miscellaneous accounts, mainly belonging to the seventeenth century, they include fragments of Port Books of about 1580-90 (in Nos. 1 fragments of Examinations and Depositions, chiefly of about 1690 (in Nos. 1, 2, 5 and twenty-three Stockwell letters (in Nos. 4, 5 and a bundle of Oliver Lambert letters - early seventeenth century - (in no. A few miscellaneous letters of 1605-50 (in Nos. 1 some letters and papers of about 1750 (in No. And finally, eight legal documents in Latin (in Nos. 1 One of these, from the reign of Edward III, is abstracted on p. 63 of the Report - last paragraph but two; another appears as No. 4 of the present collection; the rest belong to the reign of James I. Though the letters in this volume range over as much as two centuries, a very large proportion of them, 108 out of 145, belong to one of four quite short periods, 1458-9, 1470-2, 1549-50 and 1587-90. It would seem likely that this points to the special care of certain Mayors or Town Clerks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Rebellion and Riot
Rebellion and Riot

Author: Barrett L. Beer

Publisher: Kent State University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780873388405

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"The short reign of Edward VI was a turbulent one, even by Tudor standards. In addition to such perennial problems as religious change, inflation, poor harvests, and war with Scotland and France - and to some extent as a result of them - the kingdom was threatened by widespread unrest, riots, and rebellions among the common people." "The riots and rebellions were, of course, put down, and their history was recorded by the educated ruling class. In this study, Barrett L. Beer looks at these dramatic events from the viewpoint of the rebellious commoners. Drawing on a variety of contemporary manuscript sources, he analyzes the themes of discontent that motivated them, the radical demands that challenged the social order, and the acts of repression and reform by which the government responded. Above the clamor of the streets and countryside runs the intricate story of the interaction and often confusing relations among the commoners, the gentry who controlled local government, and the king's councillors in London." "Rebellion and Riot provides insights into the critical mid-Tudor period in England. The discontents these riots reflected helped shape the direction of later history."--BOOK JACKET.

The Language of Daily Life in England (1400–1800)
The Language of Daily Life in England (1400–1800)

Author: Arja Nurmi

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2009-04-15

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9027289727

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The Language of Daily Life in England (1400–1800) is an important state-of-the art account of historical sociolinguistic and socio-pragmatic research. The volume contains nine studies and an introductory essay which discuss linguistic and social variation and change over four centuries. Each study tackles a linguistic or social phenomenon, and approaches it with a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, always embedded in the socio-historical context. The volume presents new information on linguistic variation and change, while evaluating and developing the relevant theoretical and methodological tools. The writers form one of the leading research teams in the field, and, as compilers of the Corpus of Early English Correspondence, have an informed understanding of the data in all its depth. This volume will be of interest to scholars in historical linguistics, sociolinguistics and socio-pragmatics, but also e.g. social history. The approachable style of writing makes it also inviting for advanced students.

Pragmatic Literacy, East and West, 1200-1330
Pragmatic Literacy, East and West, 1200-1330

Author: R. H. Britnell

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9780851156958

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Studies of the uses of literacy for the exercise of political and economic power, in Latin Christendom and the wider world. This pioneering collection of studies is concerned with the way in which increasing literacy interacted with the desire of thirteenth-century rulers to keep fuller records of their government's activities, and the manner in whichthis literacy could be used to safeguard or increase authority. In Europe the keeping of archives became an increasingly normal part of everyday administrative routines, and much has survived, owing to the prolonged preference forparchment rather than paper; in the Eastern civilisations material is more scarce. Papers discuss pragmatic literacy and record keeping in both West and East, through the medium of both literary and official texts. Thelate Professor RICHARD BRITNELL taught in the Department of History at the University of Durham. Contributors: RICHARD BRITNELL, THOMAS BEHRMANN, MANUEL RIU, OLIVER GUYOTJEANNIN, GÉRARD SIVÉRY, MANFRED GROTEN, MICHAELNORTH, MICHAEL PRESTWICH, PAUL HARVEY, GEOFFREY MARTIN, GEOFFREY BARROW, ROBERT SWANSON, NICHOLAS OIKONOMIDES, ELIZABETH ZACHARIADOU, I.H. SIDDIQUI, TIMOTHY BROOK, YOSHIYASU KAWANE

Studies in English Trade in the 15th Century
Studies in English Trade in the 15th Century

Author: Eileen Power

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 113661978X

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Of all the activities of the most neglected century in English History, England's trade has received the least attention in proportion to its importance. It was obviously in the course of the later Middle Ages, and more particularly in the fifteenth century, that there took place the great transformation from medieval England, isolated and intensely local, to the England of the Tudor and Stuart age, with its world-wide connections and imperial designs. It was during the same period that most of the forms of international trade characteristic of the Middle Ages were replaced by new methods of commercial organization and regulation, national in scope and at times definitely nationalistic in object, and that a marked movement towards capitalist methods and principles took place in the sphere of domestic trade. Yet little has been written concerning English trade in this period. First published in 1933, this classic volume goes a long way to fills this gap superbly. There is an abundance of material, and the writers have compiled a statistical analysis of the Enrolled Customs Account from 1377-1482, which provides an essential measure of the nature, volume, and movement of English foreign commerce during the period.

Historical Sociolinguistics
Historical Sociolinguistics

Author: Terttu Nevalainen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-11-10

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1315475154

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Historical Sociolinguistics: Language Change in Tudor and Stuart England is the seminal text in the field of historical sociolinguistics. Demonstrating the real-world application of sociolinguistic research methodologies, this book examines the social factors which promoted linguistic changes in English, laying the foundation for Modern Standard English. This revised edition of Nevalainen and Raumolin-Brunberg’s ground-breaking work: discusses the grammatical developments that shaped English in the early modern period; presents the sociolinguistic factors affecting linguistic change in Tudor and Stuart English, including gender, social status, and regional variation; showcases the authors’ research into personal letters from the people who were the driving force behind these changes; and demonstrates how historical linguists can make use of social and demographic history to analyse linguistic variation over an extended period of time. With brand new chapters on language change and the individual, and on newly developed sociolinguistic research methods, Historical Sociolinguistics is essential reading for all students and researchers in this area.