Order and Disorder in Early Modern EnglandAnthony Fletcher, John Stevenson The social history of early modern England has become a lively area of publication and debate. This volume attempts both to take stock of distinct directions in the field and to suggest fresh perspectives on some central aspects of the period. The distinguished contributors bring to bear upon the theme of order and disorder their diversity of experience in the writing of political, religious, social and economic history. They treat a number of problems in depth, and the result is a series of tr |
Contents
Puritanism and Social Control? | 41 |
Popular Religion and the Pilgrimage of Grace | 58 |
Honour Reputation and Local Officeholding in Elizabethan and 22 | 92 |
the Enforcement of Patriarchal | 116 |
Order and Disorder in the English Revolution | 137 |
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