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Transforming English rural society, the Verneys and the Claydons, 1600-1820, John Broad

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Transforming English rural society, the Verneys and the Claydons, 1600-1820, John Broad

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Transforming English rural society

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

173610024

Responsibility statement

John Broad

Series statement

Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time, 40Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

the Verneys and the Claydons, 1600-1820

Summary

Between 1540 and 1920 the English elite transformed the countryside and landscape by building up landed estates which were concentrated around their country houses. John Broad's study of the Verney family of Middle Claydon in Buckinghamshire demonstrates two sides of that process. Charting the family's rise to wealth impelled by a strong dynastic imperative, Broad shows how the Verneys sought out heiress marriages to expand wealth and income. In parallel, he shows how the family managed its estates to maximize income and transformed three local village communities, creating a pattern of 'open' and 'closed' villages familiar to nineteenth-century commentators. Based on the formidable Verney family archive with its abundant correspondence, this book also examines the world of poor relief, farming families as well as strategies for estate expansion and social enhancement. It will appeal to anyone interested in the English countryside as a dynamic force in social and economic history.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

1. Introduction -- Part I. Re-establishing a Gentry Family 1600-57 -- 2. A gentry family in county and court society 1603-57 -- 3. The civil war and interregnum 1642-57 -- 4. The creation of an enclosed estate 1600-57 -- Part II. The Shaping of Family and Village 1657-1736 : 5. Land, business and dynastic advance 1657-1736 -- 6. The making of a modern landed estate -- 7. Power in the community -- the making of an estate village 1660-1740 -- Part III. The Great Estate and Estate Communities c. 1700-1820: 8. The rise and fall of Verney fortunes in the 18th century 1736-1820 -- 9. Transforming the Claydons in the eighteenth century -- 10. Conclusion -- Appendix

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