Identity and Agency in English Society, 1500-1800
Henry French, Jonathan Barry
This collection of essays is arranged around the central issue raised by this raft of new empirical research--the relationship between social identity, or the "vision of the self," and the ways in which this can explain historical agency. If identities in early modern society were multiple, complex, and dependent on context, rather than homogenous, consistent, or easily determined, then it is difficult to make simple causal links to behavior. This collection aims to make innovative new research on the structures of English society available to the wider scholarly audience. The essays use a number of detailed contextual case studies to explore the twin themes of the nature of identities in early modern society, and their role in influencing historical agency. They examine the variety of identities available to individuals in early modern England, and the ways in which these were invoked and employed.
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Année:
2005
Editeur::
Palgrave Macmillan
Langue:
english
Pages:
256
ISBN 10:
1403917647
ISBN 13:
9781403917645
Fichier:
PDF, 949 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2005