Sons of Crispin : the St. Crispin lodges of Edinburgh and Scotland / by Sandra M. Marwick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marwick, Sandra M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fraternal organizations--Scotland--History.

Fraternal organizations.

Footwear industry--United States.

Footwear industry.

Scotland--History--18th century.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The association of shoemakers (cordiners in Scotland) with St Crispin, their patron saint, remained so strong that, at least until the early twentieth century, a shoemaker was popularly called a ""Crispin"" and collectively ""sons of Crispin"". Medieval Scottish cordiners maintained altars to St Crispin and his brother St Crispianus and their cult can be traced to France in the sixth century. In the late sixteenth century, an English rewriting of the legend achieved immediate popularity and St Cr...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 15, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6778-0

OCLC:

892243531