Chapter I. Origin of Fairs 1

II. Origin and Laws—England 12

III. Early Regulations—England 19

IV. Courts of Piepowder 26

V. Legislation for Fairs—England 32

VI. Modern Legislation 49

VII. Sturbridge Fair, Origin of 54

VIII. Sturbridge Fair, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries 58

IX. Sturbridge Fair, first half of the Sixteenth Century 68

X. Sturbridge Fair, second half of the Sixteenth Century 88

XI. Sturbridge Fair, Seventeenth Century 113

XII. Sturbridge Fair, Eighteenth Century 128

XIII. Sturbridge Fair, Nineteenth Century 149

XIV. Sturbridge Fair, Conclusion 160

XV. Bartholomew Fair, Origin of 164

XVI. Bartholomew Fair, Twelfth to Sixteenth Centuries 167

XVII. Bartholomew Fair, Seventeenth Century 190

XVIII. Bartholomew Fair, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 217

XIX. Fairs in France 245

XX. Other Fairs of France 261

XXI. The Fairs of Paris 275

XXII. Fairs of Russia 284

XXIII. Nijni-Novgorod 291

XXIV. Fairs in Asiatic Russia 308

Comprehensive Index 311