Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Diary of John Manningham, of the Middle Temple, and of Bradbourne, Kent, barrister-at-law, 1602-1603

Diary of John Manningham, of the Middle Temple, and of Bradbourne, Kent, barrister-at-law, 1602-1603

Manningham, John

Paperback

Biographies GeneralGeneral DramaBritish History

ISBN10: 9353700140
ISBN13: 9789353700140
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 1 2019
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Step into London as the ink is still wet. John Manningham, barrister of the Middle Temple and gentleman of Bradbourne, Kent, writes an early modern diary with the alertness of a man always listening. Small entries, astonishingly big history. Spanning England 1602 1603, this historical journal primary source moves from chambers and courtrooms to taverns, churches, and supper tables, tracing middle temple legal life amid the daily press of petitions, quarrels, news, and wit. Written close to the moment, it avoids hindsight; the accumulation of detail builds a street-level record that historians and novelists alike chase still. It is a vivid slice of jacobean london social history at the hinge of two reigns, where manners, money, and belief are negotiated in real time. For theatre lovers it is equally indispensable: Manningham preserves elizabethan theater anecdotes that have become touchstones for shakespeare performance history, showing how plays and players were talked about by ordinary Londoners offstage. Read for pleasure, it is crisp, gossipy, and immediate; read for study, it remains one of the most quotable english legal history sources of the period, a staple university course primary text and a foundation stone for tudor history researchers. Long valued in scholarship as an annotated diary edition, it rewards return visits with fresh context on people, places, and speech. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

Also in

British History

View All