THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE GENTRY
Written by Joan Johnson
Published by Alan Sutton
in 1989
ISBN: 0862995841
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE GENTRY
Written by Joan Johnson.
Stock no. 1830467
1st.
1989.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive survey of the landowner families of the 15th - 19th centuries drawn from county and estate records, and illuminated with revealing glimpses of everyday life - from diary entries, household accounts, marriage contracts, and personal and official correspondence. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 269 pages including index. ISBN: 0862995841. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, laminate is starting to peel away at rear edges.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Map
- Introduction
- Chapter One Feudal Origins
- Chapter Two Changing Fortunes
- Chapter Three Careers Open to Talents
- Chapter Four The Golden Age of Elizabeth
- Chapter Five A New Dynasty and a New Age
- Chapter Six A Class Divided by War
- Chapter Seven Post-War Recovery
- Chapter Eight The Closing Years of the Seventeenth Century
- Interlude: Political Background to the Eighteenth Century
- Chapter Nine Public Servants
- Chapter Ten Investors and Innovators
- Chapter Eleven Patrons and Pleasure Seekers
- Chapter Twelve Personal Matters
- Interlude: Political Background to the Nineteenth Century
- Chapter Thirteen: Power and Privilege in Decline
- Conclusion