Author: Chris GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheltenham (England)
Languages : en
Pages :
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The History of Hesters Way
Author: Chris GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheltenham (England)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The History of Hesters Way
Author: Chris GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheltenham (England)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The History of Hesters Way
Author: Chris GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheltenham (England)
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Scarlet Letter
Author: Nathaniel HawthorneOlde Cotswold Punishments
Author: Nell DarbyPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750952792
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Look beyond the pretty cottages and gentle landscapes of the Cotswolds, and you will find a dark history of crime and punishment. From child thieves, poachers, conmen, prostitutes and would-be suicides to bigamists, highwaymen and murderers, the Cotswolds has had its fair share of criminals – treated in what appears to us today to be an arbitrary and often unduly harsh manner by judges and juries. What crimes were committed in this rural society in the past, and how were they punished? This book looks at the variety of punishments bestowed to miscreants – from being hanged from a portable gallows at the scene of a crime to transportation or hard labour – and why some were punished more than others. Evidence is taken from contemporary sources: prison records, newspaper accounts and broadsides that celebrated the lives and deaths of local characters. It is a fascinating and shocking read.
The Bluestockings: A History of the First Women's Movement
Author: Susannah GibsonPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393881393
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
An illuminating group portrait of the eighteenth-century women who dared to imagine an active life for themselves in both mind and spirit. In England in the 1700s, a woman who was an intellectual, spoke out, or wrote professionally was considered unnatural. After all, as the wisdom of the era dictated, a clever woman—if there were such a thing—would never make a good wife. But a circle of women called the Bluestockings did something extraordinary: coming together in glittering salons to discuss and debate as intellectual equals with men, they fought for women to be educated and to have a public role in society. In this intimate and revelatory history, Susannah Gibson delves into the lives of these pioneering women. Elizabeth Montagu established one of the most famous salons of the Bluestocking movement, with everyone from royalty to revolutionaries clamoring for an invitation to attend. Her younger sister, Sarah Scott, imagined a female-run society and created a women’s commune. Meanwhile, Hester Thrale, who also had a salon, saved her husband’s brewery from bankruptcy and, after being widowed, married a man she loved—Italian, Catholic, and not of her social class. Other women made a name for themselves through their publications, including Catharine Macaulay, author of an eight-volume history of England, and Frances Burney, author of the audacious novel Evelina. In elegant prose, Gibson reveals the close and complicated relationships between these women, how they supported and admired each other, and how they sometimes judged and exploited one another. Some rebelled quietly, while others defied propriety with adventurous and scandalous lives. With moving stories and keen insight, The Bluestockings uncovers how a group of remarkable women slowly built up an eviscerating critique of their male-dominated world that society was not yet ready to hear.
Cheltenham History Tour
Author: Roger BeachamPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445666111
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
A guided tour of Cheltenham, showing how the town has changed over the past century and more.
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland and Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas
Author: Transactions - Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Author: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Central Arkansas
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Cover title: The Goodspeed biographical and historical memoirs of central Arkansas.