Record Number: 21955
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Are Vinagradoff on "The Growth of the Manor" and J. H. Round on "Scutage" still the authorities for this remote and difficult period, I wonder, or has some incisive and lucid writer at last let in light on its tangled obscurity?'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 29 Dec 1893 and 29 Mar 1970
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Oxford
county: Oxfordshire
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:29 Dec 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Growth of the Manor
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book, Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:21955
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Youth
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1978
Vol:n/a
Page:514
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 514, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21955, accessed: 17 April 2024
Additional Comments:
The additional text mentioned is "Scutage" by JH Round. Vera Brittain had read these titles as part of her studies in early English history, a subject which "had always bored me to the limit of impatience".