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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... sense of the provisional nature of historical research has , if anything , strengthened . If I have changed my mind , I trust that this is a merit ; if I have reinforced an existing argument , I trust it is on the basis of deeper ...
... sense of the provisional nature of historical research has , if anything , strengthened . If I have changed my mind , I trust that this is a merit ; if I have reinforced an existing argument , I trust it is on the basis of deeper ...
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... sense of the sacred , first appeared at an inauspicious moment . The 1980s in England were characterised by the quite contrary values of secular radical individualism , and it took time for a different perspective to establish itself ...
... sense of the sacred , first appeared at an inauspicious moment . The 1980s in England were characterised by the quite contrary values of secular radical individualism , and it took time for a different perspective to establish itself ...
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... sense that a particular sub - set of the multiplicity of intel- lectual , cultural and scientific activities of ... senses To supply with intellectual light ; to impart knowledge or wisdom to ; to instruct ' : OED . 37 The OED gives the ...
... sense that a particular sub - set of the multiplicity of intel- lectual , cultural and scientific activities of ... senses To supply with intellectual light ; to impart knowledge or wisdom to ; to instruct ' : OED . 37 The OED gives the ...
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... sense of living through such a process of modernisation , even when they lauded ' the moderns ' over ' the ancients ' or praised the achievements of late Stuart or Hanoverian England in natural philosophy , technology or commercial ...
... sense of living through such a process of modernisation , even when they lauded ' the moderns ' over ' the ancients ' or praised the achievements of late Stuart or Hanoverian England in natural philosophy , technology or commercial ...
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... sense of social evolution and improvement.45 The noun ' progressive ' , meaning ' reformer ' , is first recorded in 1865 ; the nouns ' traditionalist ' and ' reactionary ' are first dated to 1875 and 1847 respectively.46 In the period ...
... sense of social evolution and improvement.45 The noun ' progressive ' , meaning ' reformer ' , is first recorded in 1865 ; the nouns ' traditionalist ' and ' reactionary ' are first dated to 1875 and 1847 respectively.46 In the period ...
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