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COMMUNITIES IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND
NETWORKS, PLACE, RHETORIC |
| By: |
Alexandra Shepard, Phil Withington (Editor), Alexandra Shepard (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£17.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
071905477X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780719054778 |
| Publisher: |
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
21 December, 2000 |
| Series: |
Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
How were cultural, political and social identities formed in the early modern period? This book looks at community and networks, the importance of place and the value of rhetoric in generating "community". |
| Synopsis: |
This volume attempts to rediscover the richness of community in the early modern world - through bringing together a range of fascinating material on the wealth of interactions that operated in the public sphere. Divided into three parts the book looks at:the importance of place - ranging from the Parish, to communities of crime, to the place of political culture,Community and Networks - how individuals were bound into communities by religious, professional and social networksthe value of rhetoric in generating community - from the King's English to the use of 'public' as a rhetorical community. Explores the many ways in which people utilised communication, space, and symbols to constitute communities in early modern England. Highly interdisciplinary - incorporating literary material, history, religion, medical, political and cultural histories together, will be of interest to specialists, students and anyone concerned with the meaning and practice of community, past and present. -- . |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations, black & white |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Manchester University Press |
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Non-returnable |
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