Author: Sir Richard Saint-GeorgePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Pedigrees Made at the Visitation of Cheshire, 1613
Author: Sir Richard Saint-GeorgePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Pedigrees Made at the Visitation of Cheshire, 1613
Author: Sir Richard Saint-GeorgePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Pedigrees Made at the Visitation of Cheshire, 1613
Author: Richard St. GeorgePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Pedigrees Made at the Visitation of Cheshire, 1613
Author: Sir Richard Saint-GeorgePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580
Author: Robert GloverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Pedigrees Made at the Visitation of Cheshire, 1613,
Author: Sir Richard Saint-GeorgePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Shakespeare's Money
Author: Robert BearmanPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191077062
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
There is no doubting Shakespeare's literary genius, immortalised in his published work. However, statements along these lines are frequently followed by laments of how little is known about this life. This is true if we wish to know about Shakespeare's movements on even a month-by-month basis, or about his working practices and relationships with his theatrical fellows. However, too great an emphasis on this dearth of material not only leads to ill-informed comment that this is somehow 'suspicious' but also tends to downgrade the importance of what material has survived, often dismissed instead simply as evidence of his business dealings which have little bearing on his creative work. However, this material does at least help us to evaluate how successful Shakespeare was in earning a living in a profession which, in his day, was far from mainstream. By calculating his income from theatrical sources and exploring how this affected his financial circumstances and his ability to invest for his and his family's security, we can come to a better understanding of his social standing at different periods in his life, the most obvious evidence to his late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century contemporaries of his success. Shakespeare undoubtedly died a man of comfortable means, but, as this book demonstrates, there is little to justify claims that he died possessed of great wealth. The circumstances of his daughters' marriages are a sufficient indication that he had not achieved true gentlemanly status. Other evidence suggests that he had not broken convincingly into the ranks of leading figures even of a small market town. Moreover, following a period of increasing prosperity, these 'business records' also reflect a declining income during the last ten years or so of his life and of his efforts to safeguard his assets. On the other hand, when compared with his father's business failure, mainly the result of a loss of credit, it is clear that, consciously or unconsciously, Shakespeare had the good sense or foresight not to over-reach himself.
Catalogue of Books and Tracts on Genealogy & Heraldry in the Central Public Libraries
Author: Newcastle upon Tyne (England). Public librariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Lancashire and Cheshire from AD1540
Author: C. B. PhillipsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317871677
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
This series, fully illustrated with maps and half-tones, is written for general readers as well as the student. In illuminating the anonymous lives of our predecessors it will, when complete, substantially enrich our understanding of the many histories which together make up the history of England. This authoritative volume surveys the modern history of the counties of Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire. In 1540 this was a backward area, poor, underpopulated and conservative. During the seventeenth and early eighteenth century the spread of the first cottage industries to the mills and the mines transformed the region into one of the engines of Britain's nineteenth-century greatness. The causes, the costs and the consequences of that transformation are vividly portrayed in this very readable text. Offers a succinct account and analysis of the first region to experience the developed factory system. Discusses the rise, dominance and decline of the region which has parallels across the country and the world. Provides essential background text for the students of local history. Assumes no previous knowledge of the region.
The Old Service
Author: P. R. NewmanPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719037528
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Newman examines why this high profile group of Royalists took the risks they did and explores how their role in the Civil Wars is an important key to our understanding of the wider questions of Royalist ideology and allegiance.