The social world of early modern Westminster: Abbey, court and community, 1525–1640 9781526130518

Early modern Westminster is familiar as the location of the Royal Court at Whitehall, parliament, the law courts and the

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Table of contents :
Front matter
Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction: Rediscovering early modern Westminster
Henrician Westminster: corporate life in a time of change 1525-47
The Impact of the Reformation in Westminster 1547–62
Town, cloister and Crown
Parish elites
The rise of a fashionable society
Space and urban identities
The Westminster Court of Burgesses: neighbourhood, disorder and urban expansion
Poverty, plague and the politics of communal responsibility
Religious life and religious politics c.1558–1640
Conclusion
Bibliography of selected primary sources
Index

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The social world of early modern Westminster ABBEY, COURT AND COMMUNIT Y, 1525–1640

J . F. M E R R I T T

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