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John Stow (also Stowe; 1524/25 – 5 April 1605) was an English historian and antiquarian. He wrote a series of chronicles of English history , published from 1565 onwards under such titles as The Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles , The Chronicles of England , and The Annales of England ; and also A Survey of London (1598; second ...
Entre os anos 1560 e 1598, Stow escreveu sua obra mais famosa, A Survey of London, na qual descreveu detalhadamente uma séries de informações sobre a cidade de Londres, como as ruas, prédios, histórias, culturas e povos presentes na cidade.
John Stow was one of the best-known Elizabethan antiquaries, author of the famous A Survey of London (1598; revised and enlarged, 1603). Stow was a prosperous tailor until about 1565–70, after which he devoted his time to collecting rare books and manuscripts, a hobby that left him impoverished.
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Há 4 dias · A Survey of London. Reprinted From the Text of 1603. John Stow's survey, reprinted from the 1603 edition. Originally in two volumes, here given as one. It also contains a life of Stow, and other supporting biographical materials.
TitlePage (s)iii-ivvii-xxviiixxviii-xliiixliv-xlviii16 de jun. de 2013 · Stow’s Survey of London, from its first publication in 1598, has taken rank as the first authority on the history of London, but this very fame has been the cause of some injury to the unity of the work, owing to the additions of successive editors, whose words have often been quoted as if they were written by the original author ...
Há 3 dias · John Stow, or Stowe (he spelt his name indifferently in either way), the first painful searcher into the reverend antiquities of London, was himself most fittingly a citizen of long descent, His grandfather, Thomas Stow, citizen and Tallow-Chandler, had died about the end of March, 1527, nearly two years after the birth of his famous ...
10 de jan. de 2014 · Although best known for his Survey of London, John Stow was the most prolific chronicler of the sixteenth century.
