Alice Stopford Green: 4 books

2 works of Alice Stopford Green Irish historian and nationalist (1847-1929) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Alice Stopford Green. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Henry the Second Irish Nationality

Volume two of historian Alice Stopford Green’s pioneering historical work, Town Life in the Fifteenth Century continues her examination of towns and their culture and governance in the fifteenth century in Europe, and especially England. The book brilliantly studies common life in the town, the townspeople, government in towns, and more, painting a vivid picture of medieval boroughs.

A pioneering historical work, Town Life in the Fifteenth Century concentrates on a neglected period that previously attracted the attention of only political historians. The book emphasizes aspects of European social history, examining common life in the town, the Commercial Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the towns’ battle for freedom and supremacy, and more.

There is nothing in England to-day with which we can compare the life of a fully enfranchised borough of the fifteenth century. Even the revival of our local institutions and our municipal ambition has scarcely stirred any memory of the great tradition of the past, of the large liberties, the high dignities...