The Barbers' Historical Society (formerly the Barbers' Historical Group) : presentations. Folio 4 / Worshipful Company of Barbers.

  • Worshipful Company of Barbers of London. Barbers' Historical Society.
Date:
2012
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

London : Worshipful Company of Barbers, 2012.

Physical description

viii, 76 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes

25th anniversary, November 2012.

Contents

Introduction / Geoffrey Preston -- Chapter 1. Purgatory, charities, piety and greed : the attempted suppression of the Livery Companies under Edward VI (1547-1553) / Robin Price -- Chapter 2. The Company of Barbers and Surgeons and the plague in the City of London, 1636 / Gaye Henson -- Chapter 3. Political threats to the Livery Companies, 1833-1884 / Christopher Sprague -- Chapter 4. What happened to the Company's treasures during World War II, 1939-1945 / Chris Buckland-Wright and Rosalin Buckland-Wright -- Chapter 5. Between the halls : extracts from the Court minutes, 1940-1969 / Janet Missen -- Chapter 6. The rebuilding of Barber-Surgeons' Hall / Howell Harris Hughes.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical footnotes.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    V.AS.43
    Open shelves

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