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Early Modern England: Early Modern Period
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Professor Morrill has research interests across the early modern period. His current major research interests lie in the political, religious, social and cultural histories of England, Ireland and Scotland from the later fifteenth to the mid eighteenth centuries. There are two areas of concentration: state formation and the religious dynamics of the crisis of the mid seventeenth century. He is examining the changing relationship between the constituent polities within the archipelago consisting of Britain, Ireland and their adjacent islands (Channel, Scilly, Hebrides, Orkney etc); and is undertaking a series of detailed case studies of the 'religious psychology' of several people who lived through the civil wars - most notably Oliver Cromwell.
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How were cultural, political, and social identities formed in the early modern period? How were they maintained? What happened when they were contested? What meanings did “community” have? This path-breaking book looks at how individuals were bound into communities by religious, professional, and social networks; the importance of place--ranging from the Parish to communities of crime; and the value of rhetoric in generating community--from the King’s English to the use of “public” as a rhetorical community. The essays offer an original, comparative, and thematic approach to the many ways in which people utilized communication, space, and symbols to constitute communities in early modern England.
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This course introduces you to early modern English and Welsh history. As Wales and England were united as a political unit at this time, a comparative perspective is essential to a study of the nature and scope of the Tudor and Stuart state and the lives of the people -both rich and poor -who lived within it. This comparative approach will allow you to explore the differences and similarities between different social and cultural groups within both Wales and England as well as between national groups. Individual topics include the household, oral and print culture, music, magic and superstition, poverty, riot, crime, and political and religious radicalism, as well as events and processes concerning the Acts of Union, the Reformation, the civil wars, and republican rule. Certain larger themes run through these topics and will be considered throughout the course: the extent to which the early modern period experienced a transition from 'tradition' towards 'modernity'; the extent to which a process of social and cultural polarisation occurred, separating the better-off from their poorer neighbours; and the nature of political, cultural, linguistic, and ethnic relationships within the British Isles.
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"Its aim is to provide scholars with an expanding library of information in electronic format on the medieval and early modern periods of European history, circa 800-1815 C.E." Contains information on historical prices and currency exchange.
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