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Culture, Faith, and Philanthropy: Londoners and Provincial Reform in Early Modern England
Ward, J (University College, Galway Rothamsted Research, Uk University College, Galway Rothamsted Research, Uk Rothamsted Research, Uk University Col
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paperback. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Empowered by new wealth and by their faith, early modern Londoners began to use philanthropy to assert their cultural authority in distant parts of the nation. Culture, Faith, and Philanthropy analyzes how disputes between London and provincial authorities over such benefactions demonstrated the often tense relations between center and periphery.
Empowered by new wealth and by their faith, early modern Londoners began to use philanthropy to assert their cultural authority in distant parts of the nation. Culture, Faith, and Philanthropy analyzes how disputes between London and provincial authorities over such benefactions demonstrated the often tense relations between center and periphery.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Series
Early Modern Cultural Studies
Number of Pages
215
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349387588
SKU
V9781349387588
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99-15
About Ward, J (University College, Galway Rothamsted Research, Uk University College, Galway Rothamsted Research, Uk Rothamsted Research, Uk University Col
Joseph P. Ward is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History of the University of Mississippi, USA. His previous publications include Metropolitan Communities: Trade Guilds, Identity and Change in Early Modern London and, with Robert Bucholz, London: A Social and Cultural History, 1550-1750.
Reviews for Culture, Faith, and Philanthropy: Londoners and Provincial Reform in Early Modern England
"[Ward] provides us with a thorough and well-crafted study that demonstrates the importance of metropolitan charity in the social and cultural changes of the early modern period." - Reviews in History