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Informationen zum Autor Mark Stoyle grew up in rural mid-Devon! and worked for some years as an archaeologist in Exeter after leaving school. He was awarded his D. Phil by the University of Oxford in 1992! and is currently Professor of early modern History at the University of Southampton. He has written many books and articles on religion and politics in Tudor and Stuart Britain! and his particular research interests include: the English Civil War! the history of witchcraft! the history of the early modern town and the history of the South West. Professor Stoyle is a member of the Council of the Royal Historical Society! and sits on the editorial advisory panel of BBC History Magazine; he has also appeared on dozens of TV and Radio programmes! including 'Who Do You Think You Are?'! 'The Great British Story'! 'Making History'! 'Word of Mouth' and 'The Roots of English'. Klappentext The book provides a richly illustrated history of Exeter's famous underground passages-and of the city's sophisticated system of public water supply during the medieval and early modern periods. The aqueduct tunnels are a vivid testament to the skill of the medieval craftsmen who built them! and cannot be paralleled anywhere else in Britain. Zusammenfassung The book provides a richly illustrated history of Exeter's famous underground passages—and of the city's sophisticated system of public water supply during the medieval and early modern periods. The aqueduct tunnels are a vivid testament to the skill of the medieval craftsmen who built them, and cannot be paralleled anywhere else in Britain. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS Illustrations Acknowledgments Glossary of archaic words and phrases used in the text and documents Abbreviations 1 Introduction Part I: The History of Exeter's Underground Passages and Aqueduct Systems 2 The Aqueducts of Medieval Exeter! 1226-1420 3 The Development of the New Conduit! 1420-1536 4 After the Dissolution of the Monasteries 5 The City Aqueducts under the Early Stuarts 6 After the Restoration Part II: The Life of the City Aqueducts 7 The Role of the Aqueducts in Exeter's daily life Part III: Documents relating to the City Aqueducts The Exeter Receivers and their Accounts 1. Extracts from the City Receivers' Accounts! 1424-1603 2. 'Outgoings for making of Exeter's New Conduit'! 1441 3. Account of Work on the Great Conduit! 1534-35 Notes Bibliography Index ...
