Pauper's History of England (eBook, ePUB)
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A unique tour through British history-from the perspective of the peasants and the poverty-stricken. The past is traditionally told from the viewpoint of kings and queens, politicians and pioneers. But what about the people struggling to survive at the very lowest levels of society? A Pauper's History of England covers a thousand years of poverty, from Domesday right up to the twentieth century, via the Black Death and the English Civil War. It paints a portrait of what life was like for the peasants, paupers, beggars, and working poor as England developed from a feudal society into a wealthy ...
A unique tour through British history-from the perspective of the peasants and the poverty-stricken. The past is traditionally told from the viewpoint of kings and queens, politicians and pioneers. But what about the people struggling to survive at the very lowest levels of society? A Pauper's History of England covers a thousand years of poverty, from Domesday right up to the twentieth century, via the Black Death and the English Civil War. It paints a portrait of what life was like for the peasants, paupers, beggars, and working poor as England developed from a feudal society into a wealthy superpower. Experience the past from a different perspective:
- Tour the England of the Domesday Book
- Make a solemn Franciscan vow of poverty
- Join the Peasants' Revolt of 1381
- Converse with Elizabethan beggars and learn their secret language
- Meet the inmates of Bedlam Hospital and Bridewell Prison
- Enjoy a gin-soaked Georgian night of debauchery
- Spend the night in a workhouse
- Go slumming in Victorian London, and more!
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