Set in a Silver SeaDoubleday, 1968 - 359 pages A social history of England from the days of the first Stuart king, James, when England was largely an agricultural and rural country, through the reign of Queen Victoria, when England had become the world's foremost industrial and Imperial giant. |
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... medieval Church - transubstantiation , the confessional , the efficacy of indulgences and papal remission of sin , of pilgrimages , relics and the intercession of the saints . All that Wycliffe and the Lollards had sought were now ...
... medieval Church - transubstantiation , the confessional , the efficacy of indulgences and papal remission of sin , of pilgrimages , relics and the intercession of the saints . All that Wycliffe and the Lollards had sought were now ...
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... medieval constables of the parishes assisted by a race of venerable watchmen or " Charlies " with traditional staffs , lanterns and rattles . property : the greater landowners in the House of Lords 88 SET IN A SILVER SEA.
... medieval constables of the parishes assisted by a race of venerable watchmen or " Charlies " with traditional staffs , lanterns and rattles . property : the greater landowners in the House of Lords 88 SET IN A SILVER SEA.
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... medieval Lord Mayor and Corporation were three hundred parish and other authorities , mostly vestries , whose functions overlapped in the most inextricable manner and whose members , self - elected or holding office for life under no ...
... medieval Lord Mayor and Corporation were three hundred parish and other authorities , mostly vestries , whose functions overlapped in the most inextricable manner and whose members , self - elected or holding office for life under no ...
Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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