Henry French, Richard Hoyle

The Character of English Rural Society

Earls Colne, 1550-1750

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a major study of the transformation of early modern English rural society. It begins by assessing the three major debates about the character of English society: the 'Brenner Debate'; the debate over English Individualism; and the long running debate over the disappearance of the small landowner. It then turns to the history of Earls Colne in Essex, which has never before been the subject of a full-length study despite it being one of the most discussed villages in England. French and Hoyle's rounded account describes the arrival of a new landlord family, the Harlakendens, the tensions created by this change, and the gradual atrophy of their power. This account of change is backed up by a new and original analysis of landholding in the village, which depicts the land market in unprecedented detail, and explores the changing significance of landownership for ordinary people. It is a key work for all those interested in how English rural society changed between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lund University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 169mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 649g
• ISBN-13: 9780719051081
• ISBN-10: 0719051088
• Artikelnr.: 22719194

Autorenporträt

Henry French is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Exeter. Richard Hoyle is Professor of Rural History at the University of Reading and a British Academy Research Reader in 2004-6

Inhaltsangabe

Maps Tables Abbreviations A note on references to the Earls Colne sources A
note on measurements Glossary Preface 1. The character of rural change 2.
Earls Colne 3. The lords of Earls Colne 4. The Harlakenden estate 5. The
lord and his copyholders 6. The land market quantified 7. The land market
anatomised 8. Subtenancy: the character of Earls Colne, 1722-50 9.
Conclusion