The social history of early modern England has become a lively area of publication and debate. This volume attempts both to take stock of distinct directions in the field and to suggest fresh perspectives on some central aspects of the period. The distinguished contributors bring to bear upon the theme of order and disorder their diversity of experience in the writing of political, religious, social and economic history. They treat a number of problems in depth, and the result is a series of tr
Notes on contributors; List of abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction A. J. Fletcher and J. Stevenson; 1. Puritanism and social control? M. Spufford; 2. Popular religion and the pilgrimage of grace C. S. L. Davies; 3. Honour, reputation and local office-holding in Elizabethan and Stuart England A. J. Fletcher; 4. The taming of the scold: the enforcement of patriarchal authority in early modern England D. E. Underdown; 5. Order and disorder in the English revolution J. S. Morrill and J. D. Walter; 6. Drainers and fenmen: the problem of popular political consciousness in the seventeenth century C. Holmes; 7. Gender, family and the social order, 1560-1725 S. D. Amussen; 8. The 'moral economy' of the English crowd: myth and reality J. Stevenson; Index; Index of places.
