Record Number: 5834
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'During these twelve months [in prison] I read with deep interest and much profit Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", Hume's "History of England", and many other standard works- amongst others, Mosheims "Ecclesiastical History". The reading of that book would have made me a freethinker if I had not been one before.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1823 and 31 Dec 1824
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Coldbath Fields
other location: Prison room shared with William Tunbridge
(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:Male
Date of Birth:1799
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:Prisoner. Arrested when working as Shopman, in Richard Carlile's bookshop in the Strand, for selling a copy of Plamer's Principles of Nature..
Religion:Church of England
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:An Ecclesiastical History, ancient and modern
Genre:Other religious, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:5834
Source:n/a
Editor:David Vincent
Title:Testaments of Radicalism
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1977
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Page:111
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
David Vincent (ed.), Testaments of Radicalism, (London, 1977), p. 111, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5834, accessed: 06 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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