Accounting for oneself: worth, status, and the social order in early modern England

This study brings together an unprecedented volume of material to offer a fundamentally new account of the social order in early modern England. The book pieces together the language of self-description deployed by over 13,500 witnesses in English courts in response to questions designed to assess t...

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1. Verfasser: Shepard, Alexandra (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2015
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:This study brings together an unprecedented volume of material to offer a fundamentally new account of the social order in early modern England. The book pieces together the language of self-description deployed by over 13,500 witnesses in English courts in response to questions designed to assess their creditworthiness. Spanning the period between 1550 and 1728, it is the first study of English society that fully incorporates women; that offers comprehensive coverage of the range of social groups from the gentry to the labouring poor and across the life cycle; and that represents regional variation.
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (XV, 357 S.)
ISBN:9780191778711
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199600793.001.0001

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