Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTORY
- 1 THE ORIGIN OF THE TOWN, AND ITS RELATIONS WITH THE SEE OF WORCESTER
- 2 AGRICULTURAL LIFE
- 3 MEDIÆVAL TRADE, MARKETS, AND FAIRS
- 4 JOHN, ROBERT, AND RALPH OF STRATFORD
- 5 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY
- 6 THE GUILD
- 7 SIR HUGH CLOPTON'S BENEFACTIONS
- 8 THE REFORMATION AT STRATFORD
- 9 THE GROWTH OF SELF-GOVERNMENT
- 10 JOHN SHAKESPEARE IN MUNICIPAL OFFICE AND IN TRADE
- 11 THE STRATFORD INDUSTRIES AND POPULATION
- 12 JOHN SHAKESPEARE'S FIRST SETTLEMENT IN STRATFORD—THE STREETS
- 13 THE CONSTRUCTION AND FURNITURE OF THE HOUSES—THE GARDENS
- 14 THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE TOWN
- 15 PLAGUES, FIRES, FLOODS, AND FAMINES
- 16 DOMESTIC AND SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
- 17 THE OCCUPATIONS OF STRATFORD LADS
- 18 THE PLAYERS AT STRATFORD
- 19 RURAL SPORTS
- 20 CHARLECOTE HOUSE—POACHING IN THE PARK
- 21 INDOOR AMUSEMENTS
- 22 CHRISTENINGS AND MARRIAG
- 23 SHAKESPEARE AT STRATFORD IN LATER LIFE
- 24 THE GUNPOWDER PLOT—COMBE'S DEATH—THE ATTEMPT TO ENCLOSE THE WELCOMBE FIELDS
- 25 SHAKESPEARE'S DEATH AND HIS DESCENDANTS
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTORY
- 1 THE ORIGIN OF THE TOWN, AND ITS RELATIONS WITH THE SEE OF WORCESTER
- 2 AGRICULTURAL LIFE
- 3 MEDIÆVAL TRADE, MARKETS, AND FAIRS
- 4 JOHN, ROBERT, AND RALPH OF STRATFORD
- 5 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY
- 6 THE GUILD
- 7 SIR HUGH CLOPTON'S BENEFACTIONS
- 8 THE REFORMATION AT STRATFORD
- 9 THE GROWTH OF SELF-GOVERNMENT
- 10 JOHN SHAKESPEARE IN MUNICIPAL OFFICE AND IN TRADE
- 11 THE STRATFORD INDUSTRIES AND POPULATION
- 12 JOHN SHAKESPEARE'S FIRST SETTLEMENT IN STRATFORD—THE STREETS
- 13 THE CONSTRUCTION AND FURNITURE OF THE HOUSES—THE GARDENS
- 14 THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE TOWN
- 15 PLAGUES, FIRES, FLOODS, AND FAMINES
- 16 DOMESTIC AND SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
- 17 THE OCCUPATIONS OF STRATFORD LADS
- 18 THE PLAYERS AT STRATFORD
- 19 RURAL SPORTS
- 20 CHARLECOTE HOUSE—POACHING IN THE PARK
- 21 INDOOR AMUSEMENTS
- 22 CHRISTENINGS AND MARRIAG
- 23 SHAKESPEARE AT STRATFORD IN LATER LIFE
- 24 THE GUNPOWDER PLOT—COMBE'S DEATH—THE ATTEMPT TO ENCLOSE THE WELCOMBE FIELDS
- 25 SHAKESPEARE'S DEATH AND HIS DESCENDANTS
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- Stratford-on-AvonFrom the Earliest Times to the Death of Shakespeare, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1890