Project Gutenberg 2015-11-05 Public domain in the USA. 258 Green, Alice Stopford 1848 1929 Green, Mrs. J. R. Stopford, Alice Sophia Amelia Green, A. S. (Alice Stopford) Town Life in the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1 (of 2) Town Life in the 15th Century, Volume 1 (of 2) Produced by Giovanni Fini, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Town Life in the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1 (of 2)" by Alice Stopford Green is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book focuses on the development of English towns during the fifteenth century, exploring their political, social, and economic structures, and how they influenced the broader trajectory of English liberty. It aims to illuminate the complex history of municipal governance and the significant role towns played in shaping modern England. At the start of this volume, the author sets the stage for a detailed examination of the robust political life and self-governance enjoyed by fifteenth-century boroughs in England. The opening discusses the remarkable independence the towns had, which allowed citizens to enact their legislation and govern their affairs autonomously, reminiscent of small principalities. Stopford Green highlights the dramatic evolution of these towns from mediæval obscurity to centers of trade and cultural development, laying the groundwork for an analysis of how their civic revolutions contributed to the roots of democracy in modern England, setting the tone for the rich narrative that is to follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 57.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en England -- Social life and customs -- 1066-1485 City and town life -- England -- History Cities and towns, Medieval -- England Local government -- England Great Britain -- History -- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485 DA Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Category: History - British Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages 1195429 2025-06-20T08:06:19.648583 text/html 1155689 2024-10-22T23:24:11 text/html 434724 2025-06-20T08:06:41.078517 application/epub+zip 441191 2025-06-20T08:06:23.660644 application/epub+zip 438660 2025-06-20T08:06:21.624553 application/epub+zip 757930 2025-06-20T08:06:52.302452 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 711768 2025-06-20T08:06:38.739569 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 709624 2022-09-22T18:15:56.922772 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 828772 2025-06-20T08:06:16.723629 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 808822 2024-10-22T23:24:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17923 2025-06-20T08:06:52.673404 application/rdf+xml 11808 2025-06-20T08:06:21.928547 image/jpeg 2689 2025-06-20T08:06:21.778529 image/jpeg 378415 2025-06-20T08:06:19.733546 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia