The great reclothing of rural England
Subtitle: petty chapmen and their wares in the seventeenth century
By: Margaret Spufford.
Series: History series ;; v. 33; History series (Hambledon Press) ;; v. 33.
Publisher: Hambledon Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Peddlers and peddling -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 17th century
Description: "Margaret Spufford has written as detailed an account of the lives and activities of the chapmen as there is likely to be, given the widely-spread and fragmented evidence. She shows where and when they were active, and in particular their rise in the 17th century, their ranks and their typical careers, the variety of the cloths and other wares they carried, and the attitude of authority towards them."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.