Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: The Silk-Weavers’ Song 1
5. 1. Company and Complaint: The Limits of Craft Identity 45
6. 2. Life and Debt in the Poultry: The Communal Bonds of the Parish 75
7. 3. Grief and Grievance: Communal Elegy in St. Olave’s Parish 109
8. 4. The Jeremiah of Southwark: The Prophetic Poetry of William Muggins 139
9. Epilogue: The Horizon of the Past 169
10. Appendix: London’s Mourning Garment 173
11. Notes 207
12. Bibliography 239
13. Index 271