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Transforming English Rural Society : The Verneys and the Claydons, 1600 1820 - No Information Available

Transforming English Rural Society

The Verneys and the Claydons, 1600 1820

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Paperback | 25 October 2007

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Between 1540 and 1920 the English elite transformed the countryside and landscape by building up landed estates which were concentrated around their country houses. John Broad's study of the Verney family of Middle Claydon in Buckinghamshire demonstrates two sides of that process. Charting the family's rise to wealth impelled by a strong dynastic imperative, Broad shows how the Verneys sought out heiress marriages to expand wealth and income. In parallel, he shows how the family managed its estates to maximize income and transformed three local village communities, creating a pattern of 'open' and 'closed' villages familiar to nineteenth-century commentators. Based on the formidable Verney family archive with its abundant correspondence, this book also examines the world of poor relief, farming families as well as strategies for estate expansion and social enhancement. It will appeal to anyone interested in the English countryside as a dynamic force in social and economic history.
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'... achieves this work provides a valuable addition to the broader social and economic history of rural England in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries ... It deserves a wide readership.' Agricultural History Review '... an important study of rural and agricultural capitalism ... John Broad has already made several major contributions to the history of Buckinghamshire ... a work of high calibre, an exemplary synthesis of 'family', 'economic' and 'social' history.' Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society '... an inspiration for researchers in southern England and deserves a wide readership.' Jean Morrin, University of Winchester

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