Land Travel and Communications in Tudor and Stuart England. Achieving a joined-up realm
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- Author(s) Brayshay, Mark
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2014
- Pages 417pp; illus
- Publisher Liverpool University Press
- Place Published Liverpool
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with 16th and 17th centuries and the growth in road communication - whether by personal travel or by mail. Covers travel for all sections of society and in wide ranging contexts. Chapters include: 'The Tudor and Stuart highway network'; 'Wayfinding and the means of travel'; 'Travel by the ordinary users of the highways'; 'Travel by elite users of the highways'; 'Communication by messenger and post before 1635-37'; 'The public postal service after 1635-38'