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Fairs, Past and Present

Fairs, Past and Present

by Cornelius Walford

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Author
Walford, Cornelius, 1827-1885
Title
Fairs, past and present : A chapter in the history of commerce
Original Publication
London: Elliot Stock, 1883.
Credits
deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
HF: Social sciences: Commerce
Subject
Fairs
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 73583
Release Date
May 9, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FAIRS, PAST AND PRESENT.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.ERRATA.
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OF FAIRS.
  6. 6.ENGLAND — CHAPTER II. ORIGIN AND LAWS—ENGLAND.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. EARLY REGULATIONS AFFECTING FAIRS—ENGLAND.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. COURTS OF PIEPOWDER.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. LEGISLATION FOR FAIRS IN ENGLAND. — Duration of Fairs.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. MODERN LEGISLATION.
  11. 11.STURBRIDGE FAIR. — CHAPTER VII. ORIGIN.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. CHRONOLOGY, THIRTEENTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES—STURBRIDGE.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. FIRST HALF OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY—STURBRIDGE.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. SECOND HALF OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. CONCLUSION.
  19. 19.BARTHOLOMEW FAIR. — CHAPTER XV. ORIGIN.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. THE TWELFTH TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURIES. — First Charter , 1133.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. FAIRS OF FRANCE. — Champagne and Brie.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX. OTHER FAIRS OF FRANCE.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. THE FAIRS OF PARIS. — Horse and Cattle Fairs.
  26. 26.FAIRS OF RUSSIA. — CHAPTER XXII. THE SMALLER RUSSIAN FAIRS.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. NIJNI-NOVGOROD. [10]
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. FAIRS OF ASIATIC RUSSIA.
  29. 29.FOOTNOTES
  30. 30.INDEX.
  31. 31.A SHORT LIST OF ANTIQUARIAN AND OTHER WORKS.

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