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Oxford City Apprentices, 1513-1602 (Oxford Historical Society New Series)
Alan Crossley (Ed.)
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Description for Oxford City Apprentices, 1513-1602 (Oxford Historical Society New Series)
Hardcover. Series: Oxford Historical Society New Series. 430 pages, 6, 4 black and white, 2 line drawing. Editor(s): Crossley, Alan. Edition of records of Oxford apprentices provides valuable evidence for historians. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 44. Weight: 754.
Edition of records of Oxford apprentices provides valuable evidence for historians. Oxford greatly expanded and flourished under the Tudors, as the reviving University provided a growing body of consumers and trade for shopkeepers and craftsmen. They needed apprentices - and in huge numbers, as the material inthis volume demonstrates. It calendars the enrolments of over two thousand apprenticeship contracts made during this period; they are a familiar source for social and economic history and genealogy, but the Oxford material, in both quantity and detail, is quite exceptional. Moreover, sixteenth-century enrolments are much fuller than their more familiar seventeenth-century successors, ... Read more
Edition of records of Oxford apprentices provides valuable evidence for historians. Oxford greatly expanded and flourished under the Tudors, as the reviving University provided a growing body of consumers and trade for shopkeepers and craftsmen. They needed apprentices - and in huge numbers, as the material inthis volume demonstrates. It calendars the enrolments of over two thousand apprenticeship contracts made during this period; they are a familiar source for social and economic history and genealogy, but the Oxford material, in both quantity and detail, is quite exceptional. Moreover, sixteenth-century enrolments are much fuller than their more familiar seventeenth-century successors, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford Historical Society
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
Number of Pages
430
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780904107258
SKU
V9780904107258
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Reviews for Oxford City Apprentices, 1513-1602 (Oxford Historical Society New Series)
Apprenticeship records are important tools for social and economic historians, and the appearance of this new calendar of enrollments in Tudor Oxford is a welcome addition to previously published material.
THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW
This volume is a testament to the meticulous work of the editor in translating, transcribing and analysing these documents [...] It also demonstrates the vital ... Read more
THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW
This volume is a testament to the meticulous work of the editor in translating, transcribing and analysing these documents [...] It also demonstrates the vital ... Read more