A Union of Multiple Identities: The British Isles, C.1750-c.1850L. W. B. Brockliss, David Eastwood This book explores the importance of history to Elizabethan and early Stuart gentry and how this led to a vibrant antiquarian culture. The family, town and county histories written by the community, which form the core of the study, had an influence on the development of local history in England which lasted into the twentieth century and is still felt today. Eschewing a narrow historiographical approach, the author examines a range of manuscript and published works and other material reflecting the gentry's interest in the past: pedigree rolls, antiquarian notebooks, heraldic displays and maps. The book provides a survey of the development of local history in England from its medieval origins to 1660. This is followed by chapters on the practicalities of local historical research: the national educational and institutional framework, the development of regional networks of local historians and the gentlemen who controlled access to their sources, and analysis of the source materials available. The final section features chapters on genealogy, didacticism and the physical world. |
Contents
Introduction A Union of multiple identities Laurence Brockliss | 1 |
The professions and national identity Laurence Brockliss | 9 |
Peel the nation and the politics of interest | 29 |
Disraeli English culture and the decline of the industrial spirit | 44 |
Beguiled by France? The English aristocracy 17481848 Robin Eagles | 60 |
Romantic history and English national identity | 78 |
Early Victorian Wales and its crisis of identity Prys Morgan | 93 |
Scottish identities in the aftermath | 110 |
Integration or Separation? Hospitality and display in Protestant | 127 |
OConnells ideology Oliver MacDonagh | 147 |
Geography | 162 |
National and regional identities and the dilemmas of reform | 179 |
The European | 193 |
Further reading | 213 |
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