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Story of Coventry

Name: Story of Coventry
Author: Mary Dormer Harris

Mary Dormer Harris

Read by Paul Lawley-Jones, Owler, Cbteddy and jenno · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Preface & Introduction (17:23)
CHAPTER I - Leofric and Godiva (16:06)
CHAPTER II - The Benedictine Monastery (22:20)
CHAPTER III - The Chester Lordship (12:11)
CHAPTER IV - Beginnings of Municipal Government (17:19)
CHAPTER V - Prior's-half and Earl's-half (18:08)
CHAPTER VI - The Seigniory of the Prior and Queen Isabella (13:47)
CHAPTER VII - The Corporation and the Guilds (16:09)
CHAPTER VIII - The Mayor, Bailiffs, and Community (16:37)
CHAPTER IX - Coventry and the Kingdom of England (30:49)
CHAPTER X - The Red and White Rose (42:39)
CHAPTER XI - The Last Struggle of York and Lancaster - the Tudors and Stuarts - part 1 (33:38)
CHAPTER XI - The Last Struggle of York and Lancaster - the Tudors and Stuarts - part 2 (32:31)
CHAPTER XII - The Lammas Lands - part 1 (46:00)
CHAPTER XII - The Lammas Lands - part 2 (46:31)
CHAPTER XIII - The Companies of the Crafts (31:29)
CHAPTER XIV - Daily Life in the Town - the Merchants and the Market - part 1 (31:49)
CHAPTER XIV - Daily Life in the Town - the Merchants and the Market - part 2 (27:46)
CHAPTER XV - Daily Life in the Town (continued) - Religion and Amusements of the Townsfolk - part 1 (32:22)
CHAPTER XV - Daily Life in the Town (continued) - Religion and Amusements of the Townsfolk - part 2 (34:17)
CHAPTER XVI - Old Coventry at the Present Day - part 1 (28:19)
CHAPTER XVI - Old Coventry at the Present Day - part 2 (29:03)