Early Modern England

A Social History 1550-1760

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

Widely praised and consistently popular since its first publication in 1987, Early Modern England now reflects in this new edition the invigorating and substantial changes that have swept the field over the past decade and more. It combines consideration of more traditional concerns of social history with investigation of the newer items on the agenda of historians. The result is a masterly study, providing the only up-to-date interpretation available for the period.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-08-29
Mått:156 x 234 x 26 mm
Vikt:554 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:400
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780340577523

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'A book full of information, lucidly presented, with few axes to grind; a text which can be warmly recommended to the students for whom it is primarily intended. It is also a book which their teachers will read with profit.' The Times Literary Supplement 'J A Sharpe's 'Early Modern England' is...[social history] at its best.' The Times Educational Supplement 'A stimulating introduction to the social history of the early-modern period, one that can be recommended enthusiastically to students and the general reader...It catches the excitement of current research and never shirks the more difficult issues.' Social History Society Newsletter

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue - towards the days of shaking. Politics and society, 1550-1653. Part 1 Family, community and nation: population; family life; towns and villages; the national community and the problem of order. Part 2 The social hierarchy and social change: the economy - an overview; the landed orders; non-landed elites; the common people. Part 3 The spiritual and mental world: religion; education and literacy; culture, popular and elite; magic, witchcraft and natural philosophy. Epilogue - strife within stability.