The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Title | The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Strutt |
Publisher | |
Pages | 498 |
Release | 1838 |
Genre | Games |
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A People's History of England
Title | A People's History of England PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Leslie Morton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9789350022559 |
History of the People of England
Title | History of the People of England PDF eBook |
Author | Alice Drayton Greenwood |
Publisher | |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The Middle Sort of People in Provincial England, 1600-1750
Title | The Middle Sort of People in Provincial England, 1600-1750 PDF eBook |
Author | H. R. French |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2007-07-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0191537888 |
Exploring the origins of 'middle-class' status in the English provinces during a formative period of social and economic change, this book provides the first comparative study of the nature of social identity in early modern provincial England. It questions definitions of a 'middling' group, united by shared patterns of consumption and display, and examines the bases for such identity in three detailed case studies of the 'middle sort' in East Anglia, Lancashire, and Dorset. Dr. French identifies how the 'middling' described their status, and examines this through their social position in parish life and government, and through their material possessions. Instead of a coherent, unified 'middle sort of people' this book reveals division between self-proclaimed parish rulers (the 'chief inhabitants') and a wider body of modestly prosperous householders, who nevertheless shared social perspectives bounded within their localities. By the eighteenth century, many of these 'chief inhabitants' were trying to break out of their parish pecking orders - not by associating with a wider 'middle class', but by modifying ideas of gentility to suit their circumstances (and pockets). French concludes as a result, that while the presence of a distinct 'middling' stratum is apparent, the social identity of the people remained fragmented - restricted by parochial society on the one hand, and overshadowed by the prospect of gentility on the other. He offers new interpretation and insights into the composition and scale of the society in early modern England.
The People's England
Title | The People's England PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Ereira |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 285 |
Release | 1981-01-01 |
Genre | England |
ISBN | 9780710005960 |
That Was The Church That Was
Title | That Was The Church That Was PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Brown |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2016-07-28 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1472921658 |
The Church of England still seemed an essential part of Englishness, and even of the British state, when Mrs Thatcher was elected in 1979. The decades which followed saw a seismic shift in the foundations of the C of E, leading to the loss of more than half its members and much of its influence. In England today 'religion' has become a toxic brand, and Anglicanism something done by other people. How did this happen? Is there any way back? This 'relentlessly honest' and surprisingly entertaining book tells the dramatic and contentious story of the disappearance of the Church of England from the centre of public life. The authors – religious correspondent Andrew Brown and academic Linda Woodhead – watched this closely, one from the inside and one from the outside. That Was the Church, That Was shows what happened and explains why.
History of the People of England
Title | History of the People of England PDF eBook |
Author | Alice Drayton Greenwood |
Publisher | |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | Great Britain |
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