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Showing posts with label Pepys. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Hot-beds of fake news and misogyny? The rise of the Coffee Shop in 17th century London

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By Kate Braithwaite Coffee was not new to England when Pasqua Rosee opened the first London coffee shop in 1652. Coffee houses had gradual...
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Monday, February 24, 2020

The Seventeenth Century Library

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by Deborah Swift As soon as the printing press had opened up the world of print, people couldn't get enough books. What were once luxu...
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Saturday, September 2, 2017

Hero's Journey: Royal Brothers and the Great Fire of London

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by Sally A. Moore 351 years ago on September 2, 1666, the Great Fire changed the face of London forever. Its advance ignited the spirits ...
Sunday, February 16, 2014

The Story of Pepys's Buried Treasure

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by Deborah Swift What did you do with your money in the 17th century if you thought looters might be after it? There were no banks of cour...
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