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The narrative follows two young apprentices from a rural forest lodge into the complexities of city life during the early Tudor period, tracing their transitions from domestic loss to apprenticeships, civic ceremonies, and public unrest. Episodes depict guild practices, festivals, sermons, legends, and royal pageantry alongside personal trials, moral choices, and shifting loyalties; scenes alternate between countryside memories and crowded London streets, courtly spectacles, and military service. The tone blends historical detail and anecdote to illuminate everyday institutions, popular beliefs, and formative experiences shaping young men coming of age in a changing society.

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Title: The Armourer's Prentices

Author: Charlotte M. Yonge

Release date: February 1, 2006 [eBook #9959]
Most recently updated: June 23, 2021

Language: English

Credits: David Price

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ARMOURER'S PRENTICES ***

THE
ARMOURER’S PRENTICES

BY

CHARLOTTE M. YONGE

ILLUSTRATED BY W. J. HENNESSY

London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1889

The Right of Translation is Reserved


Contents

PREFACE
CHAPTER I. THE VERDURER’S LODGE
CHAPTER II. THE GRANGE OF SILKSTEDE
CHAPTER III. KINSMEN AND STRANGERS
CHAPTER IV. A HERO’S FALL
CHAPTER V. THE DRAGON COURT
CHAPTER VI. A SUNDAY IN THE CITY
CHAPTER VII. YORK HOUSE
CHAPTER VIII. QUIPSOME HAL
CHAPTER IX. ARMS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL
CHAPTER X. TWO VOCATIONS
CHAPTER XI. AY DI ME GRENADA
CHAPTER XII. A KING IN A QUAGMIRE
CHAPTER XIII. A LONDON HOLIDAY
CHAPTER XIV. THE KNIGHT OF THE BADGER
CHAPTER XV. HEAVE HALF A BRICK AT HIM
CHAPTER XVI. MAY EVE
CHAPTER XVII. ILL MAY DAY
CHAPTER XVIII. PARDON
CHAPTER XIX. AT THE ANTELOPE
CHAPTER XX. CLOTH OF GOLD ON THE SEAMY SIDE
CHAPTER XXI. SWORD OR SMITHY
CHAPTER XXII. AN INVASION
CHAPTER XXIII. UNWELCOME PREFERMENT
CHAPTER XXIV. THE SOLDIER
CHAPTER XXV. OLD HAUNTS