English villagers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries /
First Statement of Responsibility
Margaret Spufford.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1974.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxiii, 374 pages :
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illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Machine derived contents note: List of maps and graphs -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I. People, Families and Land: 1. The peopling of a county -- 2. The problem: the disappearance of the small landowner -- 3. The reality: the small landholder on the chalk: Chippenham -- 4. The reality: the small landholder on the clay: Orwell -- 5. The reality: the small landholder in the fens: Willingham -- Part II. The Schooling of the Peasantry: 6. A general view of schools and schoolmasters -- 7. The elementary ability to write: Willingham and Orwell -- 8. The importance of reading in the village community -- Part III. Parishioners and their Religion: 9. Dissent before and after the commonwealth -- 10. A general view of the laity in the diocese of Ely -- 11. Fragmentation and the growth of sects -- 12. The possible determinants of dissent -- 13. The reality of religion for the villager -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Index of contemporary names -- General index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A study of three Cambridgeshire villages.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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£7.70
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Villages-- England-- History-- 16th century.
Villages-- England-- History-- 17th century.
Villages-- Angleterre-- Histoire.
Cities and towns-- England.
Conditions rurales-- Grande-Bretagne-- 17e siècle.
Conditions rurales-- Grande-Bretagne-- 18e siècle.