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London in the Time of the Stuarts

London in the Time of the Stuarts

by Walter Besant

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Author
Besant, Walter, 1836-1901
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Robert Tonsing, 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
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 17th century
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 59782
Release Date
June 19, 2019
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.LONDON IN THE TIME OF THE STUARTS
  3. 3.PREFACE — CONTENTS — ILLUSTRATIONS — SOVEREIGNS
  4. 4.CHAPTER I JAMES I
  5. 5.CHAPTER II CHARLES I
  6. 6.CHAPTER III THE CITY AND THE CIVIL WAR
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV THE COMMONWEALTH
  8. 8.CHAPTER V THE RESTORATION
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI THE REIGN
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII JAMES II
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII WILLIAM THE THIRD
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX QUEEN ANNE
  13. 13.RELIGION, GOVERNMENT, AND TRADE
  14. 14.CHAPTER I RELIGION
  15. 15.CHAPTER II THE CHURCH AND DISSENT
  16. 16.CHAPTER III SUPERSTITIONS
  17. 17.CHAPTER IV SANCTUARY
  18. 18.CHAPTER V CITY GOVERNMENT AND USAGES
  19. 19.CHAPTER VI TRADE
  20. 20.CHAPTER VII THE IRISH ESTATES
  21. 21.THE GREAT PLAGUE AND FIRE
  22. 22.CHAPTER I PLAGUE
  23. 23.CHAPTER II PLAGUE AND MEDICINE
  24. 24.CHAPTER III The Fire I. ASPECT OF THE CITY BEFORE THE FIRE
  25. 25.CHAPTER IV II. THE FIRE OF LONDON
  26. 26.CHAPTER V CONTEMPORARY EVIDENCE
  27. 27.CHAPTER VI LONDON AFTER THE FIRE
  28. 28.MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
  29. 29.CHAPTER I FOOD AND DRINK
  30. 30.CHAPTER II DRESS AND MANNERS
  31. 31.CHAPTER III WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS
  32. 32.CHAPTER IV PLACES OF RESORT
  33. 33.CHAPTER V THEATRE AND ART
  34. 34.CHAPTER VI SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS
  35. 35.CHAPTER VII COACHES
  36. 36.CHAPTER VIII PUNISHMENT AND CRIME
  37. 37.CHAPTER IX PUBLIC MORALITY
  38. 38.CHAPTER X GENERAL NOTES
  39. 39.APPENDICES
  40. 40.APPENDIX I THE COURT — I. Its Government—Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military — II. The Civil Government
  41. 41.APPENDIX II LIST OF LONDON CLERGY EJECTED
  42. 42.APPENDIX III ALMSHOUSES
  43. 43.APPENDIX IV COMPOSITION OF THE LORDS AND COMMONS
  44. 44.APPENDIX V ENLARGEMENT OF THE STREETS — Rules for the Pitching and Levelling the Streets
  45. 45.APPENDIX VI THE NEW BUILDINGS OF LONDON
  46. 46.APPENDIX VII GARDENS
  47. 47.INDEX
  48. 48.OGILBY AND MORGAN’S MAP OF LONDON, 1677 ( In Pocket at end of Volume. ) — The several Marks and Names of the Wards, Parishes, and Liberties — LIST OF PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS IN OGILBY & MORGAN’S MAP, 1677 COMPILED FROM THE MAP AND KEY

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