London the Story of the City
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" He adds, in 43 LONDON : The Story of the City London the plague was such " that in one year's space there was buried in the Cis- terian or Charter- House churchyard above 50, 000. " It continued ten years, on and off, and was "seconded with murrain of cattel and dearth of all things. " Another fifty years brought the plague again, with almost as fatal a levy. These troubles weighed heavily on men's minds and pre- pared the way for a moral change. The voice of the \Yickliffites, preaching at S...t. Paul's Cross, sounds the ominous note plainly, in the latter part of the fourteenth century.
Wickcliffe's great trial before the Bishop of London took place at St. Paul's in 13/0, bringing very near another event that stirred the city to its vitals, owing to the Poll 'rax- cruelly imposed on the peasantry in 13/8. We mean the rising of Wat Tyler, John Ball, and Jack Straw, in 1381, well de- scribed by Froissart, whose sympathies of course were not with the peasants : *' With their followers, they were at first stopped in their progress into the city by London Bridge, which was strongly guarded by the mayor and the loyal citizens, but the defenders were soon obliged to give way, and the insurgents were permitted to pass in small bodies compose 1 i .
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" He adds, in 43 LONDON : The Story of the City London the plague was such " that in one year's space there was buried in the Cis- terian or Charter- House churchyard above 50, 000. " It continued ten years, on and off, and was "seconded with murrain of cattel and dearth of all things. " Another fifty years brought the plague again, with almost as fatal a levy. These troubles weighed heavily on men's minds and pre- pared the way for a moral change. The voice of the \Yickliffites, preaching at S...t. Paul's Cross, sounds the ominous note plainly, in the latter part of the fourteenth century.
Wickcliffe's great trial before the Bishop of London took place at St. Paul's in 13/0, bringing very near another event that stirred the city to its vitals, owing to the Poll 'rax- cruelly imposed on the peasantry in 13/8. We mean the rising of Wat Tyler, John Ball, and Jack Straw, in 1381, well de- scribed by Froissart, whose sympathies of course were not with the peasants : *' With their followers, they were at first stopped in their progress into the city by London Bridge, which was strongly guarded by the mayor and the loyal citizens, but the defenders were soon obliged to give way, and the insurgents were permitted to pass in small bodies compose 1 i .
What to read after London the Story of the City?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Rhys Ernest to read onlineMoreLess
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