ABSTRACT
English Society, 1580-1680 paints a fascinating picture of society and rural change in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Keith Wrightson discusses both the enduring characteristics of society as well as the course of social change, and emphasizes the wide variation in experience between different social groups and local communities. This is an excellent interpretation of English society, its continuity and its change.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |104 pages
Enduring structures
chapter |22 pages
Degrees of people
chapter |27 pages
Social relations in the local community
chapter |23 pages
Family formation
chapter |30 pages
Husbands and wives, parents and children
part |110 pages
The course of social change
