Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Amelia Bristow
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wrote during the early nineteenth century for her inadequate living, turning out novels, more than one conduct book, and work for magazines. Most notable is her series of novels about the Jewish-Polish background from...
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
About September 1521: Erasmus reported his approval of his friend...
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About September 1521
Erasmus
reported his approval of his friend Thomas More
's action in giving his whole household an education in good literature
Erasmus, Desiderius. Collected Works of Erasmus. Editors Schoeck, Richard J. and Beatrice Corrigan, University of Toronto Press, 1974–2026, 84 vols.
8: 297
(females equally with males).
Erasmus, Desiderius. Collected Works of Erasmus. Editors Schoeck, Richard J. and Beatrice Corrigan, University of Toronto Press, 1974–2026, 84 vols.
8: 294-9
April 1880: Virginia Woolf chose this month to introduce...
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April 1880
Virginia Woolf
chose this month to introduce the Pargiter family in her novel The Years: the Victorian mother is on her deathbed, leaving some of her children still young.
Woolf, Virginia. The Years. Hogarth Press, 1979.
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7 March 1650: Jeremy Taylor published The Rule and Exercises...
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7 March 1650
Jeremy Taylor
published The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
1673: Molière's comedy Les Femmes savantes, first...
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1673
Molière
's comedy Les Femmes savantes, first staged the previous year, was published.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
Kennedy, Deborah. Poetic Sisters. Early Eighteenth-Century Women Poets. Bucknell University Press, 2013.
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1679: The Habeas Corpus Act was passed, making...
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1679
The Habeas Corpus Act was passed, making it illegal in Britain to hold anybody in prison without trial.
Warren, Michael. “A Chronology of State Medicine, Public Health, Welfare and Related Services in Britain: 1066 - 1999”. Michael Warren’s Chronology, 6 Jan. 2003.
2 May 1951: Iran (formerly Persia) nationalized its oil...
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2 May 1951
Iran (formerly Persia) nationalized its oil industry, which was still in foreign (mostly British) hands.
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
534, 538
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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1937: The two-year-old Penguin Books launched its...
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1937
The two-year-old Penguin Books
launched its Pelican imprint: a non-fiction series (mostly history, sociology, economics, or politics) which, unlike Penguin fiction, were new works not reprints.
Penguin UK: About Us: Company History. http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/aboutus/history.html.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
30 July 2009
October 1854: The Working Men's College, Great Ormond Street,...
13 September 1806: Charles James Fox died, only nine months...
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13 September 1806
Charles James Fox
died, only nine months after he had assumed power as British Prime Minister following the death of his great rival and opponent, William Pitt
.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
August 1651: Christopher Love, a clergyman, was executed...
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August 1651
Christopher Love
, a clergyman, was executed by order of Parliament
for disobeying its dictates, in spite of the campaign of petitions organized by his wife, Mary
.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
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1987: Three men were arrested in England for the...
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1987
Three men were arrested in England for the private and consensual practice of sado-masochism.
Orr, Kate. Sex Against the Law. 1999.
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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
, who began his prolific career as Edward Bulwer, wrote many kinds of novels—from the silver-fork genre (whose name derived from a derisive reference to Bulwer himself as a silver fork polisher...
1912: The Primrose League claimed to have almost...
Hannam, June. “Women and Politics”. Women’s History: Britain, 1850-1945, edited by June Purvis, University College London Press, 1995, pp. 217-45.
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Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987.
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27 November 1735: The recently-founded official government...
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27 November 1735
The recently-founded official government paper The Daily Gazetteer vigorously defended the current rate of twenty or thirty hangings a year in London.
Dussinger, John A. “Ciceronian Eloquence: The Politics of Virtue in Richardsons PamelaEighteenth Century Fiction, Vol.
12
, No. 1, Oct. 1999, pp. 39-60.
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1880s: Snob-snubbing, or venturing beyond one's...
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1880s
Snob-snubbing, or venturing beyond one's socio-economic confines for purposes of adventure, became a popular upper-class activity as class barriers slackened.
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
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A snob was not someone looking disdainfully down but someone attempting to move up.
1786: Valentin Haüy published at Paris his Essai...
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1786
Valentin Haüy
published at Paris his Essai sur l'éducation des aveugles, the first book published for the blind.
“The Catholic Encyclopedia”. New Advent.
“Reading by Touch”. Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB): Publications Archive.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
July 1795-March 1796: The Second Maroon War took place in Jama...
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July 1795-March 1796
The Second Maroon War took place in Jamaica.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
2nd ser. 22 (1798): 285-9
“The Jamaican Maroons”. History of the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia.
“The Second Maroon War”. Windsor Research Centre: Cockpit Country.
1 December 1662: John Evelyn first saw Scheets (skates) used...
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1 December 1662
John Evelyn
first saw Scheets (skates) used in St James's Park in London, after the manner of the Hollanders.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
448-9
25 February 1934: Hunger marchers from the north of England...
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25 February 1934
Hunger marchers from the north of England arrived in Hyde Park, all very quiet but determined, confounding police warnings of anticipated violence.
John, Angela V. Evelyn Sharp: Rebel Woman, 18691955. Manchester University Press, 2009.
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1388-1400: Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales,...
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1388-1400
Geoffrey Chaucer
wrote The Canterbury Tales, and gave them some currency in manuscript.
Eagle, Dorothy et al. The Oxford Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland. 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 1993.
