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- 1 online resource (x, 379 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- This book revisits the county study as a way of understanding the dynamics of civil war in England during the 1640s. It explores gentry culture and the extent to which early Stuart Cheshire could be said to be a 'county community'. It also investigates how the county's governing elite and puritan religious establishment responded to highly polarising interventions by the central government and Laudian ecclesiastical authorities during Charles I's Personal Rule. The second half of the book provides a rich and detailed analysis of petitioning movements and side-taking in Cheshire in 1641-2. An important contribution to understanding the local origins and outbreak of civil war in England, the book will be of interest to all students and scholars studying the English revolution.
- Series Statement
- Politics, culture and society in early modern Britain
- Uniform Title
- Gentry culture and the politics of religion (Online)
- Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain.
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- Gentry culture and the politics of religion (Online)
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- Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Description based on print version record.
- Contents
- The culture of dynasticism -- The culture of the Cheshire gentleman -- The governance of the shire -- Cheshire politics in the 1620s and 1630s -- Puritans and ecclesiastical government -- Petitioning and the search for settlement -- The search for the centre as partisan enterprise? -- Cheshire and the outbreak of civil war.
- OCLC
- ssj0002413366
- Author
Cust, Richard.
- Title
Gentry culture and the politics of religion [electronic resource] Cheshire on the eve of civil war / Richard Cust and Peter Lake.
- Imprint
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
- Series
Politics, culture and society in early modern Britain
Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access restricted to authorized users.
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Lake, Peter.
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Print version: 9781526114402