Gladys Scott Thomson
Autore di Life in a noble household, 1641-1700
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Letters of a Grandmother 1732-1735 Being the Correspondence of Sarah, Duchess of (1943) — A cura di — 5 copie
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Wool Merchants of the Fifteenth Century di Gladys Scott Thomson
This book looks at the wool trade in England during the 15th century through the letters of the Cely family in London. It covers the wool from its origin in the Cotswolds, through London and Calais to weavers and dyers in Flanders. It is a good starting book for learning about this trade at that time.
This is a great, highly accessible history of what like was like in the house of an important noble family (that of the 5th Earl of Bedford), mainly at his country home of Woburn abbey, but also covering life in his city residence and some of the travels of his sons as they made their Grand Tours. It's mainly the history as told by the account books and expenditures over the years, which are very precise and detailed, with the occasional letter thrown in. It sounds like it might be dry, but it's anything but.… (altro)
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