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London in the Time of the Stuarts

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Society & culture History History - British History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750)

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PREFACE ILLUSTRATIONS

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APPENDICES INDEX OGILBY AND MORGAN’S MAP OF LONDON, 1677 (In Pocket at end of Volume.)

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1. Front matter 2. PREFACE 3. ILLUSTRATIONS 4. CHAPTER I JAMES I 5. CHAPTER II CHARLES I 6. CHAPTER III THE CITY AND THE CIVIL WAR 7. CHAPTER IV THE COMMONWEALTH 8. CHAPTER V THE RESTORATION 9. CHAPTER VI THE REIGN 10. CHAPTER VII JAMES II 11. CHAPTER VIII WILLIAM THE THIRD 12. CHAPTER IX QUEEN ANNE 13. CHAPTER I RELIGION 14. CHAPTER II THE CHURCH AND DISSENT 15. CHAPTER III SUPERSTITIONS 16. CHAPTER IV SANCTUARY 17. CHAPTER V CITY GOVERNMENT AND USAGES 18. CHAPTER VI TRADE 19. CHAPTER VII THE IRISH ESTATES 20. CHAPTER I PLAGUE 21. CHAPTER II PLAGUE AND MEDICINE 22. CHAPTER III The Fire I. ASPECT OF THE CITY BEFORE THE FIRE 23. CHAPTER IV II. THE FIRE OF LONDON 24. CHAPTER V CONTEMPORARY EVIDENCE 25. CHAPTER VI LONDON AFTER THE FIRE 26. CHAPTER I FOOD AND DRINK 27. CHAPTER II DRESS AND MANNERS 28. CHAPTER III WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS 29. CHAPTER IV PLACES OF RESORT 30. CHAPTER V THEATRE AND ART 31. CHAPTER VI SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS 32. CHAPTER VII COACHES 33. CHAPTER VIII PUNISHMENT AND CRIME 34. CHAPTER IX PUBLIC MORALITY 35. CHAPTER X GENERAL NOTES 36. APPENDICES 37. INDEX 38. OGILBY AND MORGAN’S MAP OF LONDON, 1677 (In Pocket at end of Volume.)

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