Elizabethan England

by William Harrison, Lothrop Withington (Editor), F J Furnivall (Introduction)

Overview

From a "Description of England" by William Harrison in Holinshed's Chronicles.

Degrees of People - Cities and Towns - Gardens and Orchards - Fairs and Markets - Laws - Church - Food and Diet - Apparel - Houses - Savage Beasts - Woods - Parks and much more.

Originally published c1900.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012822765
Publisher:	RBerry
Publication date:	07/02/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	522 KB

About the Author

William Harrison (18 April 1534 – 24 April 1593) was an English clergyman, whose Description of England was produced as part of the publishing venture of a group of London stationers who produced Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles (London 1577). His contribution to Holinshed's work drew heavily on the earlier work of John Leland.

William Harrison was born in London, in the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle, to John and Anne Harrison. As a boy, Harrison attended St Paul's School and the Westminster School of Alexander Nowell. Raised in Protestant circles, Harrison entered Christ Church, Oxford and in 1560 was awarded his Bachelor's degree. During the reign of Queen Mary I, Christ Church became a centre of Catholic support, and Harrison converted to Catholicism. Harrison claimed that he returned to Protestant belief before Mary's death in 1558 after hearing the words of Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer, three Protestant martyrs burned at the stake in Oxford.