Culture, faith, and philanthropy : Londoners and provincial reform in early modern England / Joseph P. Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ward, Joseph P., 1965-

Series:

Early modern cultural studies

Early Modern Cultural Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charities--England--History--17th century.

Charities.

Charity organization--England--History--17th century.

Charity organization.

Charities--Political aspects.

Philanthropists.

History.

England--Social conditions--17th century.

England.

Social conditions.

Philanthropists--England--London--17th century.

Charities--Political aspects--England--17th century.

Charities--England--Religious aspects--17th century.

Eyre, Symon, active 1445.

Eyre, Symon.

Whittington, Richard, -1423.

Whittington, Richard.

England--London.

Physical Description:

xii, 215 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave MacMillan, [2013]

Summary:

Contemporary observers have noted that land, for centuries the foundation of economic and political power, changed hands at a quickening pace in England during the later sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. As new money - and therefore new people - came into the land market, the social foundations of government shifted, which led inevitably to political crisis. Empowered by new wealth and by their faith, early modern Londoners began to use philanthropy to assert their cultural authority in distant parts of the nation. Culture, Faith, and Philanthropy analyzes how disputes between London and provincial authorities over such benefactions demonstrated the often tense relations between center and periphery.

Contents:

Part I: Faith, philanthropy, and London's moral economy

"And let our hearts be softened to the poor": personal ambition and the metropolitan moral economy

"God hath bestowed that upon me": how Simon Eyre made his fortune

"[A]s the Lord had decreed": the metamorphosis of Richard Whittington

Part II: Faith, philanthropy, and provincial reform

"[R]emember the place of our Nativity": godly Londoners, livery companies, and provincial reform

"[B]ring this Trojan horse ... into their countrey": William Jones, London haberdashers, and the reformation of Monmouth

"[A] distant and alien control": Henry Colbron, London drapers, and the reformation of Kirkham

Conclusion: London and national reform.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-209) and index.

ISBN:

9780312293864

0312293860

OCLC:

840664768