The English spa, 1560-1815
Subtitle: a social history
By: Phyllis Hembry.
Publisher: Athlone Press; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London; Rutherford [N.J.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
Subjects: Health resorts -- England -- History.; England -- Social life and customs.
Description: "Beginning in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, members of the English nobility and gentry made a practice of taking relaxation at the country's inland spas. This account shows the spas to have been not only centers of healing and recreating but also venues of intrigue extending to political, religious, economic, and social issues."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-379) and indexes.
Continued by: British spas from 1815 to the present.