William Dugdale, Historian, 1605-1686 - His Life, his Writings and His County

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84383-443-4
Verlag: Boydell Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 728 g

New survey of the work and influence of William Dugdale, the seventeenth-century historian and antiquarian.

William Dugdale (1605-86) was a leading antiquarian, well-known among historians of the period. His Antiquities of Warwickshire is regarded as a pioneering work. Here, leading authorities consider how Dugdale set about hiswork as an antiquary/local historian, and how he interacted with the society and political life of this county at a troubled time.The book also examines Warwickshire life in his day.

CHRISTOPHER DYER, CBE is Professor of Regional and Local History at the University of Leicester; CATHERINE RICHARDSON is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Kent.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dyer, Christopher

Richardson, Catherine

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hughes, Ann L

Archer-Parré, Caroline

Richardson, Catherine

Dyer, Christopher

Tyack, Geoffrey

Parry, Graham

Broadway, Jan

Alcock, Nat

Borsay, Peter

Cust, Richard P

Hindle, Steve

Larminie, Vivienne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Introduction - Christopher Dyer
The Antiquities of Warwickshire - Graham Parry
Unreliable Witness: Sir William Dugdale and the Perils of Autobiography - Jan Broadway
William Dugdale and the Civil War - Ann L Hughes
'Ordering and Methodizing': William Dugdale in Restoration England - Caroline Archer-Parré / Book Reviews
William Dugdale and the Honour Politics of Stuart Warwickshire - Richard P Cust
Gentry Culture in the Seventeenth Century - Vivienne Larminie
Dugdale and the Warwickshire Country House - Geoffrey Tyack
'The Rich Man in his Castle.' Late Seventeenth-Century Warwickshire Socie ty - Nat Alcock
Sir Richard Newdigate and the 'Great Survey' of Chilvers Coton: Fiscal Seigneurialism in late Seventeenth-Century Warwickshire - Steve Hindle
Warwickshire Towns in the Age of Dugdale - Peter Borsay
Material Culture in Early Modern Warwick - Catherine Richardson
Conclusion - Christopher Dyer

Über Autor(innen)

Parry, Graham
GRAHAM PARRY is Professor of English and Related Literature at University of York, York, UK.

Dyer, Christopher
Christopher Dyer is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Leicester. He has written, edited, co-authored and co-edited many books, including William Dugdale, Historian, 1605-1686: His Life, his Writings and His County (Boydell, 2009).

Dyer, Christopher
Christopher Dyer is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Leicester. He has written, edited, co-authored and co-edited many books, including William Dugdale, Historian, 1605-1686: His Life, his Writings and His County (Boydell, 2009).