Order and Disorder in Early Modern England Book

The social history of early modern England has become a lively area of publication and debate. This volume attempts both to take stock of new directions in the field and to suggest fresh perspectives on some central aspects of the period. The distinguished contributors bring to bear upon the theme of order and disorder their diversity of experience in the writing of political, religious, social and economic history. They treat a number of problems in depth, and the result is a series of trenchant and illuminating essays. In their Introduction the editors relate the individual essays to the findings of others and provide a wide-ranging assessment of the impact of recent work on thinking about the social and mental world of the period between 1500 and 1800. They consider the nature of order at this time and conclude that, though they could be intransigent and were often far from docile, the English were not an ungovernable people in the early modern period.Read More