From Reformation To Improvement
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Author | : Paul Slack |
Publisher | : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1998-09-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0191542598 |
Between the early sixteenth and the early eighteenth centuries, the character of English social policy and social welfare changed fundamentally. Aspirations for wholesale reformation were replaced by more specific schemes for improvement. Paul Slack's analysis of this decisive shift of focus, derived from his 1995 Ford Lectures, examines its intellectual and political roots. He describes the policies and rhetoric of the commonwealthsmen, godly magistrates, Stuart monarchs, Interregnum projectors, and early Hanoverian philanthropists, and the institutions — notably hospitals and workhouses - which they created or reformed. In a series of thematic chapters, each linked to a chronological period, he brings together what might seem to have been disparate notions and activities, and shows that they expressed a sequence of coherent approaches towards public welfare. The result is a strikingly original study, which throws fresh light on the formation of civic consciousness and the emergence of a civil society in early modern England.
Author | : Paul Slack |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0199645914 |
The idea of improvement - gradual and cumulative betterment - was something new in 17th century England. It became commonplace to assert that improvements in agriculture, industry, commerce, and social welfare would bring infinite prosperity and happiness. The word improvement was itself new, and since it had no equivalent in other languages, it gave the English a distinctive culture of improvement which they took with them to Ireland, Scotland, and America. Slack explains the political, intellectual, and economic circumstances which allowed notions of improvement to take root.
Author | : Paul Slack |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : HISTORY |
ISBN | : 9780191757754 |
The idea of improvement - gradual and cumulative betterment - was something new in 17th century England. It became commonplace to assert that improvements in agriculture, industry, commerce, and social welfare would bring infinite prosperity and happiness. The word improvement was itself new, and since it had no equivalent in other languages, it gave the English a distinctive culture of improvement which they took with them to Ireland, Scotland, and America. Slack explains the political, intellectual, and economic circumstances which allowed notions of improvement to take root.
Author | : Tom Boland |
Publisher | : Policy Press |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2022-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1529211336 |
Inspired by ideas from economic theology, this provocative book uncovers deep-rooted religious concepts and shows how they continue to influence contemporary views of work and unemployment.
Author | : Thomas Max Safley |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780391042117 |
Spiritual ideals in early modern Europe shaped political and social poor relief structures just as much as rationalization and effective administration colored ecclesiastical charity efforts. Thomas Max Safley examines the roles of the community in responding to poverty, whatever the context: religious, political, or private (the elite).
Author | : Jean-François Gilmont |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 475 |
Release | : 2016-12-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1351883097 |
Although the connection between the invention of printing and the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century has long been a scholarly commonplace, there is still a great deal of evidence about the relationship to be presented and analysed. This collection of authoritative reviews by distinguished historians deals with the role of the book in the spread of the Reformation all over the continent, identifying common European experiences and local peculiarities. It summarises important recent work on the topic from every major European country, introducing English-speakers to much important and previously inaccessible research.
Author | : Boston (Mass.). Auditing Department |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1900 |
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Author | : Boston (Mass.). Auditing Department |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1902 |
Genre | : Finance, Public |
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Author | : Boston (Mass.). Auditing Department |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Finance |
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Author | : John Miller |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2007-03-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199288399 |
The religious and political history of late 17th and early 18th century England is typically written in terms of conflict and division. Focusing on provinvial towns Professor Miller reveals that, although town government was not at all democratic, there was participation, consultation, and negotiation.