Order and Disorder in Early Modern England

'Any volume which contains work by Clifford Davies, John Morrill, John Walter, Clive Holmes, David Underdown, Margaret Spufford and the editors, all writing at peak performance ! has got to be a landmark.' Ronald Hutton, History Today 'This is an extremely valuable collection. It is perhaps more suited to an undergraduate than to a school market, but the abler university entrance candidates will profit from pitting their wits against those of Morrill and Walter and of Supfford.' Conrad Russell, The Times Educational Supplement '! the contributors to Order and Disorder in Early Modern England have added greatly to our appreciation of the issues involved ! while the introduction is a strong one, providing an overview which will be of great use to those coming fresh to the subject.' J. A. Sharpe, The Times Literary Supplement

• Notes on contributors; List of abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction A. J. Fletcher and J. Stevenson; 1. Puritanism and social control? M. Spufford; 2. Popular religion and the pilgrimage of grace C. S. L. Davies; 3. Honour, reputation and local office-holding in Elizabethan and Stuart England A. J. Fletcher; 4. The taming of the scold: the enforcement of patriarchal authority in early modern England D. E. Underdown; 5. Order and disorder in the English revolution J. S. Morrill and J. D. Walter; 6. Drainers and fenmen: the problem of popular political consciousness in the seventeenth century C. Holmes; 7. Gender, family and the social order, 1560–1725 S. D. Amussen; 8. The 'moral economy' of the English crowd: myth and reality J. Stevenson; Index; Index of places.