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Leicester
Leicester (Roman) was the Romano-British civitas-capital of Ratae Corieltavorum (formerly Coritanorum). Possibly succeeding a major late Iron Age settlement, there was a brief period of military occupation before the new town started to develop in the late 1st cent. In the reign of Hadrian a forum/basilica complex was constructed, and slightly later a set of public baths in the insula (block) to the east of the forum. Part of the wall dividing the baths from their exercise hall survives today as the Jewry Wall. In the insula north of the baths was a macellum or covered market. Leicester does not appear to have had the later 2nd-cent. earthwork defences common at other towns of its status; in the 3rd cent. stone walls were built enclosing a roughly square area of about 105 acres. Relatively little is known of the development of private buildings in the town, but in the insula north of the forum was a major 2nd-cent. private house with exceptional wall-paintings. There were also shops of this date in the town; 3rd- and 4th-cent. residences and commercial premises have been identified.
Alan Simon Esmonde Cleary post-RomanNext a Mercian town, Leicester became one of the Danish five boroughs until captured by the English in 918. Under the Normans it was a seigneurial town, its lords the earls of Leicester based in the castle ( Simon de Montfort was a benefactor still remembered there). Lordship then passed to the earls and dukes of Lancaster, and in 1399 to the crown: the end of the castle as a ducal residence was a blow to Leicester's prosperity. The town revived through hosiery from the 17th cent. and later through footwear; by 1901 it was the fifteenth largest English town, a city from 1919 and a diocesan see from 1926. More than most industrial cities, it has a very visible past: ‘the castle, St Mary and the Newarke, St Nicholas and the Roman baths, and St Martin and the Guildhall are monuments the patriotic citizen of Leicester might proudly take any visitor to’ (Pevsner).David M. Palliser |
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JOHN CANNON. "Leicester." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Leicester." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Leicester.html JOHN CANNON. "Leicester." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Leicester.html |
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Leicester
Leicester , city (1991 pop. 324,394) and district, Leicestershire, central England. The city is connected by canals with the Trent River and London, and it is also a railway center. Leicester was of industrial importance as early as the 14th cent.; the making of hosiery, knitwear, and shoes are long-established industries. Other manufactures are chemicals, aniline dyes, textiles, textile and woodworking machinery, and light-metal products. The University College, now the Univ. of Leicester, was founded in 1918 and chartered as a university in 1957. DeMontfort Univ. was established in 1992. Immigration since the 1970s has made Leicester Britain's most ethnically diverse city (in terms of the percentage of nonwhite residents).
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"Leicester." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Leicester." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Leicest.html "Leicester." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Leicest.html |
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Leicester
Leicester was the Romano‐British civitas‐capital of Ratae Corieltavorum (formerly Coritanorum). In the reign of Hadrian a forum/basilica complex was constructed, and slightly later a set of public baths in the insula (block) to the east of the forum. Relatively little is known of the development of private buildings in the town, but in the insula north of the forum was a major 2nd‐cent. private house with exceptional wall‐paintings. Next a Mercian town, Leicester became one of the Danish five boroughs until captured by the English in 918. Under the Normans it was a seigneurial town, its lords the earls of Leicester based in the castle. Lordship then passed to the earls and dukes of Lancaster, and in 1399 to the crown: the end of the castle as a ducal residence was a blow to Leicester's prosperity. The town revived through hosiery from the 17th cent. and later through footwear; by 1901 it was the fifteenth largest English town, a city from 1919 and a diocesan see from 1926.
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JOHN CANNON. "Leicester." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Leicester." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Leicester.html JOHN CANNON. "Leicester." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Leicester.html |
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Leicester
Leicester, UK, USA 1. UK (England): formerly Ligera ceaster and Ledecestre, the ‘‐cester’, from ceaster, indicates that the town was a Roman camp. The first part of the name comes from the name of a tributary, the Leire, flowing into the River Soar on which the city lies. It gave its name to the local inhabitants, the Ligore, and they gave their name to the city. Thus the name means the ‘(Roman) Camp of the Ligore’ or the ‘(Roman) Camp of the People living by the Leire’. The name of the county, Leicestershire, takes its name from the city with the additional scīr.2. USA (Massachusetts): named after Robert Dudley (1533–88), Earl of Leicester and the favourite of Queen Elizabeth I†.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Leicester." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Leicester." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Leicester.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Leicester." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Leicester.html |
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Leicester, romantic tragedy by William Dunlap, produced in 1794 as The Fatal Deception and published under the present title (1807).
Matilda persuades her paramour, Henry Cecil, to murder his friend Leicester. Instead, he mistakenly stabs his own brother Dudley, who with his wife Edwina has sought refuge with him after slaying another brother. Edwina goes mad, accusing herself of the murder of her husband, while Matilda commits suicide and Henry kills himself with Leicester's sword. Leicester, pardoning his fellow sinners, departs. |
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Leicester." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Leicester." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-Leicester.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Leicester." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-Leicester.html |
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Leicester
Leicester City in central England; county town of Leicestershire. It was founded in the 1st century ad as a Roman town (Ratae Coritanorum). Leicester was conquered by the Danes in the 9th century. The city is famous for the manufacture of hosiery and footwear. Pop. (1994) 297,000.
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"Leicester." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Leicester." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Leicester.html "Leicester." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Leicester.html |
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Leicester
Leicester Leic. Ligera ceaster early 10th cent., Ledecestre 1086 (DB). ‘Roman town of the people called Ligore’. Tribal name (of uncertain origin and meaning) + OE ceaster. Leicestershire (OE scīr ‘district’) is first referred to in the 11th cent.
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A. D. MILLS. "Leicester." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Leicester." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Leicester.html A. D. MILLS. "Leicester." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Leicester.html |
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Leicester
Leicester English hard cheese coloured with annatto.
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DAVID A. BENDER. "Leicester." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAVID A. BENDER. "Leicester." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-Leicester.html DAVID A. BENDER. "Leicester." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-Leicester.html |
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Leicester
Leicester, see HAYMARKET THEATRE.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Leicester." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Leicester." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Leicester.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Leicester." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Leicester.html |
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Leicester
Leicester •abetter, begetter, better, bettor, biretta, bruschetta, carburettor (US carburetor), debtor, feta, fetter, forgetter, getter, go-getter, Greta, Henrietta, letter, Loretta, mantelletta, operetta, petter, Quetta, setter, sinfonietta, sweater, upsetter, Valletta, vendetta, whetter
•bisector, collector, connector, convector, corrector, defector, deflector, detector, director, ejector, elector, erector, hector, injector, inspector, nectar, objector, perfecter, projector, prospector, protector, rector, reflector, rejector, respecter, sector, selector, Spector, spectre (US specter), vector
•belter, delta, helter-skelter, melter, pelta, Shelta, shelter, swelter, welter
•pre-emptor, tempter
•assenter, cementer, centre (US center), concentre (US concenter), dissenter, enter, eventer, fermenter (US fermentor), fomenter, frequenter, inventor, lamenter, magenta, placenta, polenta, precentor, presenter, preventer, renter, repenter, tenter, tormentor
•inceptor, preceptor, receptor, sceptre (US scepter)
•arrester, Avesta, Chester, contester, ester, Esther, fester, fiesta, Hester, investor, jester, Leicester, Lester, molester, Nestor, pester, polyester, protester, quester, semester, sequester, siesta, sou'wester, suggester, tester, trimester, vesta, zester
•Webster • dexter • Leinster
•Dorchester • Poindexter • newsletter
•genuflector • implementer
•experimenter • trendsetter
•epicentre (US epicenter)
•typesetter • jobcentre • photosetter
•Cirencester • interceptor • Sylvester
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"Leicester." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Leicester." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Leicester.html "Leicester." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Leicester.html |
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