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State Formation in Early Modern England, C. 1550-1700 by Michael J. Braddick (2000, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521789559
ISBN-139780521789554
eBay Product ID (ePID)1712436
Product Key Features
Number of Pages460 Pages
Publication NameState Formation in Early Modern England, C. 1550-1700
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEurope / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603), Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year2000
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorMichael J. Braddick
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight23.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN00-023623
Reviews'Constantly thoughtful, the text will prove indispensable.’Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 'Constantly thoughtful, the text will prove indispensable.' Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, "Braddick leads an impressive tour through social, political and intellectual history in his account of state formation." Journal of Modern History, '... this is a breakthrough book of fundamental importance. By investing it with a new theoretical rigour, and so integrating its intellectual, cultural, social, economic and political aspects, Braddick has not only moved the analysis of state formation on to a broader canvas, but raised it to a new level.' The English Historical Review, 'By appreciating the complexity of state 'formation' rather than 'making', and by crossing the boundaries separating periods and those dividing different fields of historical analysis, Braddick has provided the best guide we have to the early modern state.' The Historical Journal, "This is a major work of synthesis, offering important insights into 'th development of the English state in the long seventeenth century'... , notably the state's impact 'in English villages and wards' ... This is a fine book, well written, convincingly argued, and based on an astonishingly wide range of secondary literature." Sixteenth Century Journal, "...the author marshals an impressive array of works on social, political, military, and religious history." Seventeenth-Century News, "One virtue of this volume is that it draws a number of topics of interest from 'other' social sciences and explicates them in the framework of the historian's language. There is little jargon, and putting the state back in the middle of it all is both an old tradition and a corrective to modern work that tends to relegate it to the outer boundaries...Braddick is to be commended for his discussion of important issues." Journal of Interdisciplinary History, "That this is a fine book--deeply informed, synoptic, carefully reasoned--there can be little doubt." Albion, "Braddick's achievement is one of theoretical synthesis, the incorporation of material that is familiar enough in other contexts into a new meganarrative, and one that is complex and flexible enough to look useful for colleagues and students alike. It is a fine piece of work." Historian, '… this is a breakthrough book of fundamental importance. By investing it with a new theoretical rigour, and so integrating its intellectual, cultural, social, economic and political aspects, Braddick has not only moved the analysis of state formation on to a broader canvas, but raised it to a new level.' The English Historical Review
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Dewey Decimal320.94109031
Table Of ContentIntroduction; Part I. State Formation in Early Modern England: Introduction; 1. The embodiment of the state; 2. The uses of political power in early modern England; Conclusion; Part II. The Patriarchal State: Introduction; 3. Social order: poverty, dearth and disease; 4. The courts and social order; Conclusion; Part III. The Fiscal-Military State: Introduction; 5. The state and military mobilisation; 6. The financing of the state; Conclusion; Part IV. The Confessional State: Introduction; 7. The claims of the confessional state: local realities; Conclusion; Part V. The Dynastic State: Introduction; 8. Elite formation and state formation in England, Wales and Scotland; 9. London's provinces: state formation in the English-speaking Atlantic world; Conclusion.
SynopsisOn the basis of a wide-ranging synthesis of work in diverse fields of English, British and colonial history, this book makes an alternative argument about the modernisation of the seventeenth-century English state. It also focuses on the role of class and gender interests in the state's development., This book examines the development of the English state during the long seventeenth century, emphasising the impersonal forces which shape the uses of political power, rather than the purposeful actions of individuals or groups. It is a study of state formation rather than of state building. The author's approach does not however rule out the possibility of discerning patterns in the development of the state, and a coherent account emerges which offers some alternative answers to relatively well-established questions. In particular, it is argued that the development of the state in this period was shaped in important ways by social interests - particularly those of class, gender and age. It is also argued that this period saw significant changes in the form and functioning of the state which were, in some sense, modernising. The book therefore offers a narrative of the development of the state in the aftermath of revisionism., The seventeenth century has always been seen as important for the development of the modern English state. Over the past twenty years, however, this view has been criticized heavily and no general account of the development of the state in this period has yet emerged. On the basis of a wide-ranging synthesis of specialist work in diverse fields of English, British and colonial history, this book makes a novel argument about the modernization of the seventeenth-century English state, and of the role of class and gender interests in its development.
LC Classification NumberJN191 .B73 2000
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