Discourses of Suffering

 

WRIGHTSON, Keith E.

2009

An introduction to the development of English society between the late fifteenth and the early eighteenth centuries. Topics covered include the changing social structure, gender roles, economic development, religious change, the Tudor and Stuart monarchies, witchcraft and education, literacy and print culture; crime and the law; poverty and social welfare; the changing structures and dynamics of political participation and the emergence of parliamentary government.