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    Canterbury: A history since 1500: the story of a city and its people

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    ISBN: 9781910837436
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    AuthorRosman, Dr Doreen
    Pub Date14/10/2022
    BindingPaperback
    Pages288
    Publisher: PALATINE BOOKS
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    This informative and entertaining book explores 500 often overlooked years in the life of the city of Canterbury, including its development, its industries, military connexions, and leisure activities, and its rebuilding after devastation by German bombers in the Second World War.

    This informative and entertaining book, written by well-known Canterbury historian, Doreen Rosman, explores 500 often overlooked years in the life of the city. In these readable and well-illustrated pages can be found accounts of the destruction of Becket's famous shrine and Canterbury's great monasteries; tales of hundreds of Protestant refugees who brought new weaving skills to Kent; the story of disgruntled citizens who rioted against a parliamentary ban on Christmas festivities; and insights into the lives of the Georgian social elite. The author traces the development of the city, its industries, military
    connexions, and leisure activities. She tells of its devastation by German bombers, but also charts its renaissance with the
    construction of new shops, housing estates, schools, and universities. Throughout it all, the cathedral's great Bell Harry Tower, which was completed around 1500, has continued to soar over the rooftops, a welcoming landmark for pilgrims long
    ago and for the thousands of students and tourists who come to Canterbury today.

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