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The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn

By: Margaret Willes

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The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn

By: Margaret Willes

Introduction: curiouser and curiouser -- 'The world do not grow old at all' -- Two worlds -- The decade of the diaries -- Prodigious revolutions -- 'Even private families are ... the best of governments' -- Private lives -- 'I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure' -- Take nobody's word for it -- Pleasure above all things -- Hortulan affairs -- Exotic extravagances -- The affection which we have to books -- Epilogue: and so to bed -- Appendix: the true domestick intelligence

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0300221398

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The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn

By: Margaret Willes

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The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn

By: Margaret Willes

An intimate portrait of two pivotal Restoration figures during one of the most dramatic periods of English history Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn are two of the most celebrated English diarists. They were also extraordinary men and close friends. This first full portrait of that friendship transforms our understanding of their times. Pepys was earthy and shrewd, while Evelyn was a genteel aesthete, but both were drawn to intellectual pursuits. Brought together by their work to alleviate the plight of sailors caught up in the Dutch wars, they shared an inexhaustible curiosity for life and for the exotic. Willes explores their mutual interests—diary-keeping, science, travel, and a love of books—and their divergent enthusiasms, Pepys for theater and music, Evelyn for horticulture and garden design. Through the richly documented lives of two remarkable men, Willes revisits the history of London and of England in an age of regicide, revolution, fire, and plague to reveal it also as a time of enthralling possibility.

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0300231725

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In The Shadow of St. Paul's Cathedral

The Churchyard that Shaped London

By: Margaret Willes

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In The Shadow of St. Paul's Cathedral

The Churchyard that Shaped London

By: Margaret Willes

The extraordinary story of St. Paul’s Churchyard—the area of London that was a center of social and intellectual life for more than a millennium St. Paul’s Cathedral stands at the heart of London, an enduring symbol of the city. Less well known is the neighborhood at its base that hummed with life for over a thousand years, becoming a theater for debate and protest, knowledge and gossip. For the first time Margaret Willes tells the full story of the area. She explores the dramatic religious debates at Paul’s Cross, the bookshops where Shakespeare came in search of inspiration, and the theater where boy actors performed plays by leading dramatists. After the Great Fire of 1666, the Churchyard became the center of the English literary world, its bookshops nestling among establishments offering luxury goods. This remarkable community came to an abrupt end with the Blitz. First the soaring spire of Old St. Paul’s and then Wren’s splendid Baroque dome had dominated the area, but now the vibrant secular society that had lived in their shadow was no more.

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Yale University Press

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0300265670

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9780300265675

Liberty Over London Bridge

A History of the People of Southwark

By: Margaret Willes

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Liberty Over London Bridge

A History of the People of Southwark

By: Margaret Willes

The first complete history of Southwark, London's stubbornly independent community over the Thames Southwark's fortunes have always been tied to those of the City of London across the river. But from its founding in Roman times through to flourishing in the medieval era, the Borough has always fiercely asserted its independence. A place of licence, largely free of the City's jurisdiction, Southwark became a constant thorn in London's side: an administrative anachronism, a commercial rival, and an asylum for undesirable industries and residents. In this remarkable history of London's liberty beyond the bridge, Margaret Willes narrates the life and times of the people of Southwark, capturing the Borough's anarchic spirit of revelry. Populated by a potent mix of talented immigrants, religious dissenters, theatrical folk, brewers, and sex workers, Southwark often escaped urban jurisdiction--giving it an atmosphere of danger, misrule, and artistic freedom. Tracing Southwark's history from its Roman foundation to its present popularity as a place to visit, through Chaucer, to Shakespeare, and on to Dickens, Willes offers an indispensable exploration of the City's unacknowledged mirror image.

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Yale University Press

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0300272200

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The Making of the English Gardener

Plants, Books and Inspiration, 1560-1660

By: Margaret Willes

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The Making of the English Gardener

Plants, Books and Inspiration, 1560-1660

By: Margaret Willes

The people and publications at the root of a national obsession

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Yale University Press

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0300163827

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Scientists and the Sea, 1650–1900

A Study of Marine Science

By: Margaret Deacon

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Scientists and the Sea, 1650–1900

A Study of Marine Science

By: Margaret Deacon

Scientists and the Sea is a history of how the scientific study of the sea has developed over a period of nearly 2500 years. Beginning with the speculations of Greek philosophers it carries the story forward, showing how curiosity about the ocean appeared in many different forms and locations before, in the late 19th century, the first deep-sea researches heralded the foundation of the science known today as oceanography. Originally published in 1971, this book has never been superseded as the most comprehensive and wide-ranging treatment of the emergence of marine science within the western scientific tradition. After three introductory chapters dealing with knowledge up to the Renaissance, the main part of the work shows how pioneers of scientific observation at sea during the 17th and 18th centuries made notable discoveries, but that it was not until the middle of the 19th century when, aided by the advance of technology, scientists were able to undertake the first explorations of the ocean depths. This second edition contains a new introduction and bibliography.

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Routledge

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1351901575

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9781351901574

Framing the World

Classical Influences on Sixteenth-century Geographical Thought

By: Margaret Small

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Framing the World

Classical Influences on Sixteenth-century Geographical Thought

By: Margaret Small

A timely examination of the ways in which sixteenth-century understandings of the world were framed by classical theory.

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Boydell & Brewer

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1783275200

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Jonson, Shakespeare and Early Modern Virgil

By: Margaret Tudeau-Clayton

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Jonson, Shakespeare and Early Modern Virgil

By: Margaret Tudeau-Clayton

Examines how Virgil is represented in early modern England, particularly in Jonson's and Shakespeare's writings.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521032741

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Laud's Laboratory, the Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Early Seventeenth Century

By: Margaret Stieg Dalton

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Laud's Laboratory, the Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Early Seventeenth Century

By: Margaret Stieg Dalton

A reexamination of English history from a local point of view. The author attempts to show how the Established Church impinged on the lives of ordinary people in the diocese of Bath and Wells in the period preceding the Civil War. Illustrated.

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Bucknell University Press

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0838750192

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9780838750193

Early Anthropology in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

By: Margaret T. Hodgen

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Early Anthropology in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

By: Margaret T. Hodgen

Although social sciences such as anthropology are often thought to have been organized as academic specialties in the nineteenth century, the ideas upon which these disciplines were founded actually developed centuries earlier. In fact, the foundational concepts can be traced at least as far back as the sixteenth century, when contact with unfamiliar peoples in the New World led Europeans to create ways of describing and understanding social similarities and differences among humans. Early Anthropology in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries examines the history of some of the ideas adopted to help understand the origin of culture, the diversity of traits, the significance of similarities, the sequence of high civilizations, the course of cultural change, and the theory of social evolution. It is a book that not only illuminates the thinking of a bygone age but also sheds light on the sources of attitudes still prevalent today.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812206711

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9780812206715

Great Reclothing of Rural England

Petty Chapman and their Wares in the Seventeenth Century

By: Margaret Spufford

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Great Reclothing of Rural England

Petty Chapman and their Wares in the Seventeenth Century

By: Margaret Spufford

Margaret Spufford has written as detailed an account of the lives and activities of the chapmen as there is likely to be, given the widely-spread and fragmented evidence. She shows where and when they were active, and in particular their rise in the 17th century, their ranks and their typical careers, the variety of the cloths and other wares they carried, and the attitude of authority towards them.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0826426700

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9780826426703

Blacks Found in the Deeds of Laurens & Newberry Counties, SC, 1785 to 1827

By: Margaret Peckham Motes

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Blacks Found in the Deeds of Laurens & Newberry Counties, SC, 1785 to 1827

By: Margaret Peckham Motes

Listed in deeds of gift, deeds of sale, mortgages, born free and freed.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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080635156X

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Commercial Law

Principles and Policy

By: Nicholas Ryder,Margaret Griffiths,Lachmi Singh

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Commercial Law

Principles and Policy

By: Nicholas Ryder,Margaret Griffiths,Lachmi Singh

Innovative textbook that examines core principles of commercial law and the social and political context in which they develop.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521758025

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The Culture Broker

Franklin D. Murphy and the Transformation of Los Angeles

By: Margaret Leslie Davis

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The Culture Broker

Franklin D. Murphy and the Transformation of Los Angeles

By: Margaret Leslie Davis

Franklin Murphy? It's not a name that is widely known; even during his lifetime the public knew little of him. But for nearly thirty years, Murphy was the dominant figure in the cultural development of Los Angeles. Behind the scenes, Murphy used his role as confidant, family friend, and advisor to the founders and scions of some of America's greatest fortunes—Ahmanson, Rockefeller, Ford, Mellon, and Annenberg—to direct the largesse of the wealthy into cultural institutions of his choosing. In this first full biography of Franklin D. Murphy (1916-994), Margaret Leslie Davis delivers the compelling story of how Murphy, as chancellor of UCLA and later as chief executive of the Times Mirror media empire, was able to influence academia, the media, and cultural foundations to reshape a fundamentally provincial city. The Culture Broker brings to light the influence of L.A.'s powerful families and chronicles the mixed motives behind large public endeavors. Channeling more than one billion dollars into the city's arts and educational infrastructure, Franklin Murphy elevated Los Angeles to a vibrant world-class city positioned for its role in the new era of global trade and cross-cultural arts.

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Univ of California Press

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0520925556

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9780520925557

Works by and attributed to Elizabeth Cary

Printed Writings 1500–1640: Series 1, Part One, Volume 2

By: Margaret W. Ferguson

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Works by and attributed to Elizabeth Cary

Printed Writings 1500–1640: Series 1, Part One, Volume 2

By: Margaret W. Ferguson

Elizabeth Cary (c.1585-1639) was an accomplished scholar of languages and theology. Her considerable strength of character was demonstrated by her public conversion to Catholicism in 1625 thereby creating an irrevocable rift in her marriage and her family. Her biography, written by her daughter, says she wrote ’for her private recreation’ and mentions various works, now lost, including the lives of saints, and poems to the Virgin Mary. She is best known today, however, for the works reproduced here.

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Routledge

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1351870912

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Book's by Margaret Willes

The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn

The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn

The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn

The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn

In The Shadow of St. Paul's Cathedral

In The Shadow of St. Paul's Cathedral

Liberty Over London Bridge

Liberty Over London Bridge

The Making of the English Gardener

The Making of the English Gardener

Scientists and the Sea, 1650–1900

Scientists and the Sea, 1650–1900

Framing the World

Framing the World

Jonson, Shakespeare and Early Modern Virgil

Jonson, Shakespeare and Early Modern Virgil

Laud's Laboratory, the Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Early Seventeenth Century

Laud's Laboratory, the Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Early Seventeenth Century

Early Anthropology in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Early Anthropology in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Great Reclothing of Rural England

Great Reclothing of Rural England

Blacks Found in the Deeds of Laurens & Newberry Counties, SC, 1785 to 1827

Blacks Found in the Deeds of Laurens & Newberry Counties, SC, 1785 to 1827

Commercial Law

Commercial Law

The Culture Broker

The Culture Broker

Works by and attributed to Elizabeth Cary

Works by and attributed to Elizabeth Cary

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