Popular Culture and Political Agency in Early Modern England and Ireland: Essays in Honour of John Walter Contributor(s): Braddick, Michael (Editor), Withington, Phil (Editor), Shepard, Alexandra (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 178327171X ISBN-13: 9781783271719 Publisher: Boydell Press OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Modern - 17th Century |
Dewey: 941.06 |
LCCN: 2017303699 |
Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social Histo |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.42 lbs) 329 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: One of the most notable currents in social, cultural and political historiography is the interrogation of the categories of 'elite' and 'popular' politics and their relationship to each other, as well as the exploration of why and how different sorts of people engaged with politics and behaved politically. While such issues are timeless, they hold a special importance for a society experiencing rapid political and social change, like early modern England. No one has done more to define these agendas for early modern historians than John Walter. His work has been hugely influential, and at its heart has been the analysis of the political agency of ordinary people. The essays in this volume engage with the central issues of Walter's work, ranging across the politics of poverty, dearth and household, popular political consciousness and practice more broadly, and religion and politics during the English revolution. This outstanding collection, bringing together some of the leading historians of this period with some of the field's rising stars, will appeal to anyone interested in the social, cultural and political history of early modern England or issues of popular political consciousness and behaviour more generally.
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