Early Modern England: A Social History 1550-1760

J Sharpe

Bloomsbury Academic, Aug 29, 1997 - History - 387 pages

Early Modern England, first published two decades ago, and recently updated, is one of the most widely used texts in this area of subject study. This new edition incorporates the substanial changes which have swept the field combining more traditional concerns of social history with investigation of the newer items on the agenda of historians. The result is a masterly study, providing the only up-to-date interpretation available for the period.

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One of the surprising and interesting things about this book is that the author often stops to discuss historiographical issues. He shows where problems of interpretation lie and where evidence makes ...

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J.A. Sharpe is at University of York.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Early Modern England: A Social History 1550-1760; An Arnold Publication Series; Hodder Arnold Publication
• Author: J Sharpe
• Edition: 2, illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 1997
• ISBN: 0340577525, 9780340577523
• Length: 387 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Great Britain