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Item Details
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THE WELSH GENTRY, 1536-1640
IMAGES OF STATUS, HONOUR AND AUTHORITY |
| By: |
John Gwynfor Jones |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0585251932 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780585251936 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 December, 1998 |
| Description: |
Using a wide selection of contemporary sources the author of this text examines the ways in which the Welsh gentry of the Tudor and Stuart period viewed themselves, their status and authority, and the degree to which new intellectual forces influenced their ideas and their role in society. |
| Synopsis: |
This stimulating and comprehensive study of the period between the establishment of the new Tudor administrative framework and the outbreak of the Civil War offers a well-grounded and fascinating survey of the attitudes, opinions and responses of the gentry to the political and religious circumstances in which they lived.The book discusses the ways in which the gentry, thrust into positions of prominence in the context of the Tudor state, interpreted that status and authority they enjoyed and the power entrusted to them. It surveys the influence which the concept of the `island empire' had on attitudes to public roles and duties, and traces the extent to which loyalties to the Crown and to kindred groupings affected the image projected by the gentry in their political, religious and domestic roles. The book is given an added dimension by a consideration of gentry attitudes in Wales in the context of the humanist ideas current in Europe.This is a mature study based on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, material from which has been successfully integrated into the text. It offers an insight into the perceptions and assumptions of an elite culture at a crucial time in that culture's development. |
| Illustrations: |
No |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
University of Wales Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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