Transforming English rural society : the Verneys and the Claydons, 1600-1820 / / John Broad [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Broad John <1945->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 292 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 942.5/9
• Soggetto topico: Administration of estates - England - Buckinghamshire - History; Gentry - England - Buckinghamshire - History
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History George III, 1760-1820 Biography; Great Britain History Stuarts, 1603-1714 Biography; Great Britain History 18th century Biography; Buckinghamshire (England) Social conditions; Buckinghamshire (England) Rural conditions; Buckinghamshire (England) Biography; Buckinghamshire (England) History
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-289) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction -- Part I. Re-establishing a Gentry Family 1600-57 -- 2. A gentry family in county and court society 1603-57 -- 3. The civil war and interregnum 1642-57 -- 4. The creation of an enclosed estate 1600-57 -- Part II. The Shaping of Family and Village 1657-1736 : 5. Land, business and dynastic advance 1657-1736 -- 6. The making of a modern landed estate -- 7. Power in the community -- the making of an estate village 1660-1740 -- Part III. The Great Estate and Estate Communities c. 1700-1820: 8. The rise and fall of Verney fortunes in the 18th century 1736-1820 -- 9. Transforming the Claydons in the eighteenth century -- 10. Conclusion -- Appendix.
• Sommario/riassunto: Between 1540 and 1920 the English elite transformed the countryside and landscape by building up landed estates which were concentrated around their country houses. John Broad's study of the Verney family of Middle Claydon in Buckinghamshire demonstrates two sides of that process. Charting the family's rise to wealth impelled by a strong dynastic imperative, Broad shows how the Verneys sought out heiress marriages to expand wealth and income. In parallel, he shows how the family managed its estates to maximize income and transformed three local village communities, creating a pattern of 'open' and 'closed' villages familiar to nineteenth-century commentators. Based on the formidable Verney family archive with its abundant correspondence, this book also examines the world of poor relief, farming families as well as strategies for estate expansion and social enhancement. It will appeal to anyone interested in the English countryside as a dynamic force in social and economic history.
• Titolo autorizzato: Transforming English rural society
• ISBN: 1-107-14776-X; 1-280-47781-4; 0-511-19521-4; 0-511-19587-7; 0-511-19380-7; 0-511-31423-X; 0-511-49575-7; 0-511-19454-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457896003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; ; 40.