The Story of Coventry: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Story of Coventry, credited to Mary Dormer Harris, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Story of Coventry by Mary Dormer Harris. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Nowadays best known for its bombing in WWII, the English city of Coventry was founded in the early Middle Ages. Earl Leofric and his wife Lady Godiva (famously riding naked through the streets) founded a Benedictine monastery in 1043, and over time, the city became a major pilgrimage center. During the Wars of the Roses (1455 - 1487), the Royal Court was moved to Coventry and parliament was held in the city as well. In this book Mary Dormer Harris follows Coventry's history through the Middle Ages. While looking at famous people from Coventry and their influence on the city's architecture, she also details the daily lives of the common townsfolk, the guild, and their contributions to the city's thriving economy. This book is part of the "Mediaeval Town" series published in the early 20th century. (Summary by Availle)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Story of Coventry
• Author credits: Mary Dormer Harris
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 9:57:13

Catalogue topics

• history
• middle ages
• nonfiction
• england
• medieval
• city

Track guide

1. 01 - Preface & Introduction — 17:23
2. 02 - CHAPTER I - Leofric and Godiva — 16:06
3. 03 - CHAPTER II - The Benedictine Monastery — 22:20
4. 04 - CHAPTER III - The Chester Lordship — 12:11
5. 05 - CHAPTER IV - Beginnings of Municipal Government — 17:19
6. 06 - CHAPTER V - Prior's-half and Earl's-half — 18:08
7. 07 - CHAPTER VI - The Seigniory of the Prior and Queen Isabella — 13:47
8. 08 - CHAPTER VII - The Corporation and the Guilds — 16:09
9. 09 - CHAPTER VIII - The Mayor, Bailiffs, and Community — 16:37
10. 10 - CHAPTER IX - Coventry and the Kingdom of England — 30:49
11. 11 - CHAPTER X - The Red and White Rose — 42:39
12. 12 - CHAPTER XI - The Last Struggle of York and Lancaster - the Tudors and Stuarts - part 1 — 33:38
13. 13 - CHAPTER XI - The Last Struggle of York and Lancaster - the Tudors and Stuarts - part 2 — 32:31
14. 14 - CHAPTER XII - The Lammas Lands - part 1 — 46:00
15. 15 - CHAPTER XII - The Lammas Lands - part 2 — 46:31
16. 16 - CHAPTER XIII - The Companies of the Crafts — 31:29
17. 17 - CHAPTER XIV - Daily Life in the Town - the Merchants and the Market - part 1 — 31:49
18. 18 - CHAPTER XIV - Daily Life in the Town - the Merchants and the Market - part 2 — 27:46
19. 19 - CHAPTER XV - Daily Life in the Town (continued) - Religion and Amusements of the Townsfolk - part 1 — 32:22
20. 20 - CHAPTER XV - Daily Life in the Town (continued) - Religion and Amusements of the Townsfolk - part 2 — 34:17
21. 21 - CHAPTER XVI - Old Coventry at the Present Day - part 1 — 28:19
22. 22 - CHAPTER XVI - Old Coventry at the Present Day - part 2 — 29:03

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