Remaking English Society: Social Relations and Social Change in Early Modern England (Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History, 14) 9781843837961, 184383796X
A tribute to the work of Keith Wrightson which addresses fundamental questions about the character of English society du
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Table of contents :
Frontcover
Contents
List of Illustrations, Figures, Maps and Tables
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
List of Abbreviations
1. The Making and Remaking of Early Modern English Social History
2. Brokering Fatherhood: Illegitimacy and Paternal Rights and Responsibilities in Early Modern England
3. Gender, Sexuality and the Consumption of Musical Culture in Eighteenth-Century London
4. Where was Mrs Turner? Governance and Gender in an Eighteenth-Century Village
5. Local Arithmetic: Information Cultures in Early Modern England
6. Intoxicants and the Early Modern City
7. Food, Drink and Social Distinction in Early Modern England
8. Written Obligations, Litigation and Neighbourliness, 1580–1680
9. Witchcraft and Neighbourliness in Early Modern England
10. Deference, Paternalism and Popular Memory in Early Modern England
11. Work, Reward and Labour Discipline in Late Seventeenth-Century England
12. Living in Poverty in Eighteenth-Century Terling
13. From Commonwealth to Public Opulence: The Redefinition of Wealth and Government in Early Modern Britain
Appendix: Bibliography of the Published Writings of Keith Wrightson from 1974 to 2011
Index
Tabula Gratulatoria
Backcover
Frontcover
Contents
List of Illustrations, Figures, Maps and Tables
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
List of Abbreviations
1. The Making and Remaking of Early Modern English Social History
2. Brokering Fatherhood: Illegitimacy and Paternal Rights and Responsibilities in Early Modern England
3. Gender, Sexuality and the Consumption of Musical Culture in Eighteenth-Century London
4. Where was Mrs Turner? Governance and Gender in an Eighteenth-Century Village
5. Local Arithmetic: Information Cultures in Early Modern England
6. Intoxicants and the Early Modern City
7. Food, Drink and Social Distinction in Early Modern England
8. Written Obligations, Litigation and Neighbourliness, 1580–1680
9. Witchcraft and Neighbourliness in Early Modern England
10. Deference, Paternalism and Popular Memory in Early Modern England
11. Work, Reward and Labour Discipline in Late Seventeenth-Century England
12. Living in Poverty in Eighteenth-Century Terling
13. From Commonwealth to Public Opulence: The Redefinition of Wealth and Government in Early Modern Britain
Appendix: Bibliography of the Published Writings of Keith Wrightson from 1974 to 2011
Index
Tabula Gratulatoria
Backcover
