The Welsh Gentry 1536 - 1640: Image of Status, Honour and Authority - Couverture souple

Jones, John Gwynfor

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1783169842 ISBN 13 : 9781783169849

Editeur : University of Wales Press, 2016

Synopsis

This stimulating and comprehensive study of the period between the establishment of the new Tudor administrative framework and the outbreak of the Civil War offers a well-grounded and fascinating survey of the attitudes, opinions and responses of the gentry to the political and religious circumstances in which they lived.The book discusses the ways in which the gentry, thrust into positions of prominence in the context of the Tudor state, interpreted that status and authority they enjoyed and the power entrusted to them. It surveys the influence which the concept of the 'island empire' had on attitudes to public roles and duties, and traces the extent to which loyalties to the Crown and to kindred groupings affected the image projected by the gentry in their political, religious and domestic roles. The book is given an added dimension by a consideration of gentry attitudes in Wales in the context of the humanist ideas current in Europe.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

John Gwynfor Jones was Professor of Welsh History at Cardiff University. His many publications include: Wales and the Tudor State, 1534-1603 (1989), Sir John Wynn: The History of the Gwydir Family and Memoirs (1990), Concepts of Order and Gentility in Wales, 1540-1640 (1992), Early Modern Wales, 1526-1640 (1994), The Wynn Family of Gwydir, c. 1490-1674 (1995) and Law, Order and Government in Caernarfonshire, 1558-1640 )1996).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Wales Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1783169842
• ISBN 13: 9781783169849
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
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