LEADER 03328nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910791738103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84779-519-6 010 $a1-78170-071-0 010 $a1-84779-140-9 024 7 $a10.7765/9781847791405 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085632 035 $a(EBL)1069464 035 $a(OCoLC)818847122 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000747056 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12342158 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000747056 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10704294 035 $a(PQKB)10296065 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086967 035 $a(OCoLC)936296068 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse78101 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069464 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10623410 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843707 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069464 035 $a(DE-B1597)659436 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781847791405 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085632 100 $a20121130d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe character of English rural society$b[electronic resource] $eEarls Colne, 1550-1750 /$fH.R. French and R.W. Hoyle 210 $aManchester $cManchester University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7190-5108-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCopyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of tables; A note on Earls Colne sources; A note on measurements; Glossary; List of abbreviations; Preface; 1 The character of rural change; 2 Earls Colne; 3The lords of Earls Colne; 4 The Harlakenden estate; 5 The lord and his copyholders; 6 The land market quantified; 7 The land market anatomised; 8 Subtenancy: the character of Earls Colne, 1722-50; 9 Conclusion; Index. 330 $aThis is a major study of the transformation of early modern English rural society. It begins by assessing the three major debates about the character of English society: the 'Brenner Debate'; the debate over English Individualism; and the long running debate over the disappearance of the small landowner. It then turns to the history of Earls Colne in Essex, which has never before been the subject of a full-length study despite it being one of the most discussed villages in England. French and Hoyle's rounded account describes the arrival of a new landlord family, the Harlakendens, the tensions 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General$2bisacsh 607 $aEarls Colne (England)$xHistory 607 $aEngland$xRural conditions 610 $aAlan Macfarlane. 610 $aEarls Colne. 610 $aEnglish Individualism. 610 $aEnglish rural society. 610 $aHarlakendens. 610 $aRalph Josselin. 610 $aRobert Brenner. 610 $aearly modern England. 610 $aownership of land. 610 $aresident gentry family. 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General. 676 $a942.06 700 $aFrench$b H. R$01561648 701 $aHoyle$b R. W$01561649 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791738103321 996 $aThe character of English rural society$93828577 997 $aUNINA