English Society, 1660 1832
Religion, Ideology and Politics During the Ancien Regime
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This is a revised and extensively rewritten edition of a work first published in 1985 as English Society 1688-1832. That book arrived at the opening of a new phase in English historiography, which questioned much of the received picture of English society as secular, modernising, contractarian, and middle class; it began the recovery of the 'long eighteenth century', the period which saw a form of state defined by the close relationship of monarchy, aristocracy and church. In particular, it placed religion at the centre of social and intellectual life, and used ecclesiastical history to illumi...
This is a revised and extensively rewritten edition of a work first published in 1985 as English Society 1688-1832. That book arrived at the opening of a new phase in English historiography, which questioned much of the received picture of English society as secular, modernising, contractarian, and middle class; it began the recovery of the 'long eighteenth century', the period which saw a form of state defined by the close relationship of monarchy, aristocracy and church. In particular, it placed religion at the centre of social and intellectual life, and used ecclesiastical history to illuminate many historical themes more commonly examined in a secular framework. In its updated form, this book reinforces these theses with new evidence, which extends its arguments into fresh areas of enquiry.
Table of contents:
Introduction: the nature of the Old Order; 1. From restoration to reconciliation, 1660-1760; 2. The social and ideological premises of the old order; 3. National identity: the matrix of Church and State; 4. Before radicalism: the religious origins of disaffection, 1688-1800; 5. The old order on the eve of its demise: slow erosion; 6. The end of the Protestant constitution, 1800-1832: sudden collapse.
This classic work of recent historiography broke the hold of the 'old guard' on this key period of English history. It has now been extensively rewritten, and in its updated form reinforces its arguments with new evidence and addresses some of the historical preoccupations of the past fifteen years.
An extensively revised edition of a classic of modern historiography.
Table of contents:
Introduction: the nature of the Old Order; 1. From restoration to reconciliation, 1660-1760; 2. The social and ideological premises of the old order; 3. National identity: the matrix of Church and State; 4. Before radicalism: the religious origins of disaffection, 1688-1800; 5. The old order on the eve of its demise: slow erosion; 6. The end of the Protestant constitution, 1800-1832: sudden collapse.
This classic work of recent historiography broke the hold of the 'old guard' on this key period of English history. It has now been extensively rewritten, and in its updated form reinforces its arguments with new evidence and addresses some of the historical preoccupations of the past fifteen years.
An extensively revised edition of a classic of modern historiography.