Poverty and Piety in an English Village
Poverty and Piety in an English Village
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This is a study of a single community in early modern England. The authors examine the interaction of demographic, economic, social, administrative and cultural change on the villagers of Terling between 1525 and 1700.
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Poverty and Piety in an English Village by Keith Wrightson
This classic study of a single community in early modern England has had a major influence on the interpretation of the social dynamics of the period. It opens with a chapter establishing this small Essex parish in the national context of economic and social change in the years between 1525 and 1700. Thereafter the chapters examine the economy of Terling; its demographic history; its social structure; the relationships of the villagers with the courts of the church and state; the growth of popular literacy; the impact of the reformation, and the rise in puritanism. The overall process of change is then characterized in a powerful interpretive chapter on the changing pattern of social relationships in the parish. This revised edition has a new chapter, 'Terling Revisited' which addresses the debate occasioned by the book, notably over kinship relations in early modern England, and the impact of puritanism on local society. In both cases a new interpretive synthesis is attempted and the argument of the first edition is defended, elaborated, and advanced in the light of subsequent research.
From reviews of the hardback: `This book is one of the best of its kindWrightson and Levine have produced a powerful model to which all later studies will refer.' American Historical Review
Wrightson and Levine co-authored The Making of an Industrial Society: Whickham 1560-1765 (OUP, OSSH 1991). Wrightson is also the author of English Society 1580-1680 (Hutchinson 1982, Tr. japanese 1991), and co-editor of The World We Have Gained (Blackwell, 19876, Tr. Spanish, 1986).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780198203216 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198203217 |
| Title | Poverty and Piety in an English Village |
| Author | Keith Wrightson |
| Series | Clarendon Paperbacks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1995-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |