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Sixteenth-century Bristol

Sixteenth-century Bristol

Latimer, John

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Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral Military HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353800420
ISBN13: 9789353800420
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jul 1 2019
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Bristol, 1500s: a city remade. In the space of a few turbulent decades, faith, trade, and civic power collide on the quays and in the council chamber. In Sixteenth-century Bristol, John Latimer distils richly documented local history nonfiction into a vivid portrait of a port city at the heart of Tudor England history. This is british city history with bite: bristol merchant trade and overseas connections set alongside the pressures of governance, work, worship, and public order in early modern england society. Latimer tracks the pulse of bristol in the 1500s as the Reformation reshapes institutions and loyalties, offering a clear window into reformation era bristol and the wider sweep of elizabethan england history. For readers drawn to early modern urban studies, the book is an accessible guide to how a community adapts when old certainties fracture; for family historians, it stands as a grounded local history reference that can spark and support genealogy research bristol without drowning you in jargon. Latimer, a noted Bristol antiquary, wrote with the careful judgement of a historian and the storyteller's instinct for place, making this an enduring work of tudor era bristol and beyond. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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