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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816296603321

Autore

Spufford Margaret

Titolo

The great reclothing of rural England : petty chapmen and their wares in the seventeenth century / / Margaret Spufford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Hambledon Press, , 1984

ISBN

1-4725-9993-4

1-282-30986-2

9786612309861

0-8264-2670-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

History series ; ; v. 33

Disciplina

381/.45687/0942

Soggetti

Peddling - Great Britain - History - 17th century

Great Britain Social conditions 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Maps, Tables and Figures; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; I: Introduction; II: Chapmen and their 'Places of Abode'; III: Wills and Inventories of Chapmen; IV: The Chapman's Wealth, and Lifecycle; V: The Chapman's Suppliers and Customers; VI: The Chapmen's Stock-in-Trade; VII: The Domestic Uses of the Chapman's Wares; Documentary Appendix; Index of Persons; Index of Places; Index of Subjects

Sommario/riassunto

"Margaret Spufford has written as detailed an account of the lives and activities of the chapmen as there is likely to be, given the widely-spread and fragmented evidence. She shows where and when they were active, and in particular their rise in the 17th century, their ranks and their typical careers, the variety of the cloths and other wares they carried, and the attitude of authority towards them."--Bloomsbury Publishing.