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Political Society in Later Medieval England

By Benjamin Thompson

Political Society in Later Medieval England Politics & History

Political Society in Later Medieval England

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Christine Carpenter's influential work on late-medieval English society aspires to encompass a wide spectrum of human experience. Her vision of "total" history embeds the study of politics in a multi-dimensional social framework which ranges from mentalities and ideology to economy and geography. This collection of essays celebrates Professor Carpenter's achievement by drawing attention to the social underpinning of political culture; the articles reflect the range of her interests, chronologically from the thirteenth century to the sixteenth, and thematically from ideology and culture, through government and its officials, the nobility, gentry and yeomanry, the law and the church, to local society. The connection between centre and locality pervades the volume, as does the interplay of the ideological and cultural with the practical and material. The essays highlight both how ideas were moulded in political debate and action, and how their roots sprang from social pressures and interests. It also emphasises the wider cultural aspects of topics too-easily conceived as local and material.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
282
Release Date:
2015-07-16
Publication Date:
2015-07-16
Publisher:
Boydell Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1783270306
ISBN13:
9781783270309
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[email protected]
Weight:
590 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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