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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... middle - class ; it began the recovery of the ' long eighteenth century ' , the period which saw a state form defined by the close relationship of monarchy , aristocracy and church . In particular , it placed religion at the centre of ...
... middle - class ; it began the recovery of the ' long eighteenth century ' , the period which saw a state form defined by the close relationship of monarchy , aristocracy and church . In particular , it placed religion at the centre of ...
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... middle ground : why all sides appealed to divine right 83 V The transformation of divine right ideology , 1745–1760 105 2 THE SOCIAL AND IDEOLOGICAL PREMISES OF THE OLD ORDER 124 I Why assumptions were interrelated 124 II The canon of ...
... middle ground : why all sides appealed to divine right 83 V The transformation of divine right ideology , 1745–1760 105 2 THE SOCIAL AND IDEOLOGICAL PREMISES OF THE OLD ORDER 124 I Why assumptions were interrelated 124 II The canon of ...
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... middle ground very differently . Instead of simply labelling a past society ' authoritarian ' or ' libertarian ' , we increasingly appreciate the sig- nificance of the middle ground of English life : that social form which presented ...
... middle ground very differently . Instead of simply labelling a past society ' authoritarian ' or ' libertarian ' , we increasingly appreciate the sig- nificance of the middle ground of English life : that social form which presented ...
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... middle ground from a formerly - neglected angle , but the extent to which similar premises were widely shared across broad central bands of the social spectrum is an important thesis of this book . One shorthand approach , employed in ...
... middle ground from a formerly - neglected angle , but the extent to which similar premises were widely shared across broad central bands of the social spectrum is an important thesis of this book . One shorthand approach , employed in ...
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... middle - class in its values , self - sufficiently urban . As we shall see , the economic evidence does not bear out the ' rise ' of any ' middle class ' , and the formation of the categories of class themselves must be postponed to the ...
... middle - class in its values , self - sufficiently urban . As we shall see , the economic evidence does not bear out the ' rise ' of any ' middle class ' , and the formation of the categories of class themselves must be postponed to the ...
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