The History of the Merchant Taylors' Company

ISBN-13: 9781902653990 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 316 str.

Matthew Davies

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One of the 'Great Twelve' livery companies of the City of London, the Merchant Taylors' Company has been in existence for some seven hundred years. This history charts the remarkable story of the Company and its members from its origins until the 1950s, encompassing the lives and achievements of men such as Sir Thomas White (founder of St John's College, Oxford) and the celebrated chronicler, John Stow, as well as the roles played by the Company in the City and beyond in different periods. As well as looking in detail at the internal life of the Company, the book will also focus on a number of important themes in the wider history of London. These include trade and industry, apprenticeship, the impact of religious change, the foundation of schools and other charities, and the government and politics of the City. In doing so, the book contributes to an understanding of the aims and activities of the livery companies over the centuries, their ability to adapt to changing circumstances and their relevance in a modern world far removed from that in which they were first established.
The History of the Merchant Taylors' Company appeals to a wide range of people interested in the history of London. It is fully illustrated with more than seventy-five black and white and thirty colour illustrations. It is attractively bound in cloth with a full colour dust jacket and matching cloth slipcase.

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Foreword, Authors' Preface and Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, PART ONE: THE MEDIEVAL COMPANY Chapter one - Origins: Tailors and Linen-Armourers Chapter two - 'Ghostly Treasure': The Fraternity of Stjohn the Baptist 1350-1530Chapter three - The Government of the Medieval CompanyChapter four - The Company and the CraftChapter five - Company, City and Crown 1350-1500PART TWO: REFORMATION TO RESTORATIONChapter six - The Company and the ReformationChapter seven - The Company and Education in the Sixteenth CenturyChapter eight - Daily Life in Elizabethan LondonChapter nine - The Clothworkers, the City and the CrownChapter ten - The Turn of the CenturyChapter eleven - Prelude to the Civil WarChapter twelve - The Company in the Civil WarChapter thirteen - Restoration, Fire and RebuildingChapter fourteen - Troubled TimesPART THREE: THE COMPANY IN THE MODERN WORLDChapter fifteen - The Long Eighteenth CenturyChapter sixteen - The Nineteenth CenturyChapter seventeen - The Twentieth CenturyEpliogueAppendix one - List of Masters, 1300-2003Appendix two - List of Clerks, 1398-2003Appendix three - The Value of Money, 1300-2002Select BibliographyList of Subscribers

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Matthew Davies (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK)