English Society, 1660-1832: Religion, Ideology and Politics During the Ancien RégimeThis is a revised and rewritten edition of a work first published in 1985 as English Society 1688-1832. That book arrived at the opening of a new phase in English historiography, which questioned much of the received picture of English society as secular, modernising, contractarian, and middle class; it began the recovery of the 'long eighteenth century', the period which saw a form of state defined by the close relationship of monarchy, aristocracy and church. In particular, it placed religion at the center of social and intellectual life, and used ecclesiastical history to illuminate many historical themes more commonly examined in a secular framework. In its updated form, this book reinforces these theses with new evidence, which extends its arguments into fresh areas of inquiry. |
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... Civil Society or Body Politick , by which the several Members have their mutual Influence , Sympathy , and Connection : so that to be a Member of a Civil Society , and to be under Government , is the same thing ; and to be without ...
... Civil Society or Body Politick , by which the several Members have their mutual Influence , Sympathy , and Connection : so that to be a Member of a Civil Society , and to be under Government , is the same thing ; and to be without ...
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... civil wars of the 1640s can no longer be explained as England's equivalent , an underlying theme is even more apparent within many historical debates contained within the period covered in this book . In these decades , we assume , is ...
... civil wars of the 1640s can no longer be explained as England's equivalent , an underlying theme is even more apparent within many historical debates contained within the period covered in this book . In these decades , we assume , is ...
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... civil power - the monarchy and the patrician elite to define a rational polity in which the atavistic populist horrors of the recent past could be guarded against . Such a polity would ( if it survived ) guarantee a framework in which ...
... civil power - the monarchy and the patrician elite to define a rational polity in which the atavistic populist horrors of the recent past could be guarded against . Such a polity would ( if it survived ) guarantee a framework in which ...
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... ku I. A Genealogic of Anti - Christ The civil wars continued to haunt Englishmen after 1660 , and continued to be understood as wars of religion . Such beliefs inevitably had political consequences , and here we. Introduction 27.
... ku I. A Genealogic of Anti - Christ The civil wars continued to haunt Englishmen after 1660 , and continued to be understood as wars of religion . Such beliefs inevitably had political consequences , and here we. Introduction 27.
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... civil society : that form of human association of which law and religion were integral parts , not artificial impositions . The Marxist scheme of ' structure ' and ' superstructure ' cannot make sense of an England which saw itself in ...
... civil society : that form of human association of which law and religion were integral parts , not artificial impositions . The Marxist scheme of ' structure ' and ' superstructure ' cannot make sense of an England which saw itself in ...
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