The Lives of the Bishops of Bath and Wells
Author : Stephen Hyde Cassan
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Page : 836 pages
File Size : 14,69 MB
Release : 1829
Category : Bishops
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Author : Stephen Hyde Cassan
Publisher :
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 14,69 MB
Release : 1829
Category : Bishops
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Author : E. J. Burford
Publisher : Robert Hale
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,77 MB
Release : 2015-05-29
Category : Brothels
ISBN : 9780719816574
Drawing on a wealth of contemporary source material, a fascinating social history of how commercial sex has been bought and sold in London for more than 1,000 years. The Bankside Brothels, or "stewes," were a celebrated feature of London life since Roman times. Located on the south side of the River Thames, in the Bishop of Winchester's "Liberty of the Clink," they were a highly lucrative source of revenue for the Church. In AD 1161 a royal decree ordered that these establishments be licensed and regulated. For many years they attracted the great and the not-so-good, helping to make Southwark the "pleasure-garden" of London. But who were the people of the Bankside Brothels? What living conditions did they have to endure? How did women cope with the constant threat of violence, unwanted pregnancy, and venereal disease? The streets of Southwark and those who walked them are vividly brought to life in this richly researched exploration of the history of this stretch of the Thames over the centuries. Through the stories of those who lived and worked in this fascinating part of London, we can begin to gain an understanding of a crucial but hitherto neglected aspect of the social history of England.
Author : Nathaniel Salmon
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Page : 424 pages
File Size : 10,39 MB
Release : 1731
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Author : Stephen Hyde Cassan
Publisher :
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 20,10 MB
Release : 1827
Category : Winchester (Diocese)
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Author : Alison Hudson
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 23,79 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Bishops
ISBN : 1783276851
An exploration of how Æthelwold and those he influenced deployed the promotion of saints to implement religious reform.
Author : William Gilpin
Publisher :
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 33,50 MB
Release : 1780
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Author : Agnes Strickland
Publisher :
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 42,42 MB
Release : 1866
Category : Bishops
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Author : Indu Sundaresan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 47,26 MB
Release : 2003-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0743481968
"A rich historical tapestry...Sundaresan colors the life of a fascinating woman whose female wiles inspired the Taj Mahal" (Booklist). The love story of Emperor Jahangir and Mehrunnisa, begun in the critically praised debut novel The Twentieth Wife, continues in Indu Sundaresan's lush second novel, The Feast of Roses. Here, Mehrunnisa comes into Jahangir's harem as his twentieth and last wife. This time Jahangir has married for love, and members of his court are worried that Mehrunnisa could exert control over their futures. Their concerns are well founded. Mehrunnisa soon becomes the most powerful woman in the Mughal Empire in spite of a formidable rival in the imperial harem who has schemed and plotted against her from the start. She rules from behind the veil, securing her status by forming a junta of sorts with her father, brother, and stepson -- and risking it all, even her daughter, to get what she wants. But she never loses the love of the man who bestows this power upon her....
Author : Benjamin Brook
Publisher :
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 44,3 MB
Release : 1813
Category : Puritans
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Author : Horace Kinder Mann
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,72 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Popes
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