| The Town Finances of Elizabethan Ipswich Select Treasurers' and Chamberlains' Accounts Revised Edition Contributor(s): Webb, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0851156436 ISBN-13: 9780851156439 Publisher: Boydell Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 942 |
| Series: Suffolk Records Society |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.2" (1.35 lbs) 198 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The treasurers' and chamberlains' accounts of Elizabethan Ipswich are a detailed record of the annual income and expenditure of the town's ruling body during one of the most fascinating periods of its history. A major source for any detailed study of the Suffolk borough at a time when it was among the country's ten richest provincial towns, the entries selected from the accounts not only shed light on sixteenth-century urban administration but also providevivid insights into the social and economic life of the period: the equipping of soldiers, ducking of scolds, and performances of town minstrels and itinerant players.JOHN WEBB was formerly Principal Lecturer in History at Portsmouth Polytechnic. |