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“Much ought woman to be held dear; By her is everybody clothed. Well know I that woman spins and manufactures The cloths with which we dress and cover ourselves,
“And gold tissues, and cloth of silk; And therefore say I, wherever I may be, To all those who shall hear this story That they say no ill of womankind.”
[4] Denton, “England in the Fifteenth Century.”
[5] Mrs. A. S. Green, “Town Life in the Fifteenth Century.”
[6] Helen Blackburn, “The Legal Status of Women” (_Englishwoman’s Review_, 1883).
[7] Gild of St. George, Norwich, founded 1385.
[9] “English Gilds”: Worcester Ordinances, 1467.
[10] Ashley, “Essay on Woollen Industry.”
[11] S. H. Burke, “Monastic Houses of England.”
[13] Henry Bradshaw, “Life of St. Werburga of Chester.” E. E. Text Society.
[15] Gregory Smith, “Christian Monachism.”
[17] Aungier, “History of Syon Monastery.”
[18] Cf. Chapter II., p. 22, “Learning before the Days of the Printing Press.” Period I.
[23] Aungier, “History of Syon Monastery.”
[24] S. H. Burke, “Men and Women of the Reformation.”
[25] Wright, “Essay on Literature and Learning.”
[26] Cf. G. Hill, “History of English Dress,” vol. i.
[27] Gasquet, “Suppression of the Monasteries.”
[33] _Nineteenth Century_, September, 1894.
[34] Draper, “Intellectual Development of Europe.”
[35] Higginson, “Common Sense about Women.”
[37] Elizabeth Lamond, “Discourse of the Commonweal.”
[40] Mrs. Makins, “Essay to revive Antient Education of Gentlewomen.”
[49] Robert Bell, “Memorials of the Civil War.”
[52] Rev. R. Warner, “Ecclesiastical History of Bath.”
[53] Wm. Sewel, “History of the Society of Friends.”
[55] Stoughton, “Religion in England: The Church of the Revolution.”
[62] Chappell, “Popular Music of the Olden Time.”
[64] T. Wright, “Caricature History of the Georges.”
[69] S. Bouchot, “La Famille d’Autrefois.”
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