Ramsey: The Lives of an English Fenland Town, 1200–1600In a vividly detailed study of the small English market town of Ramsey, the authors examine the inner life of this fascinating community from the twelfth century to the end of the sixteenth century. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
I Beginnings | 10 |
II Big Enough for a Church | 28 |
III Shifting Alliances | 47 |
IV Living Dangerously | 68 |
V The Sworn Twelve | 86 |
VI Henry Cromwell and the New Lordship of Ramsey | 118 |
VII Up the Winding Staircase | 143 |
IX The Women of Ramsey | 207 |
X Family Matters | 245 |
Epilogue | 291 |
Conclusion | 297 |
Notes | 305 |
Glossary | 411 |
Bibliography | 421 |
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