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Sociability and power in late-Stuart England [electronic resource] : the cultural worlds of the Verneys, 1660-1720 / Susan E. Whyman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whyman, Susan E., 1937-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Verney family.
- Gentry--England--History--17th century.
- Gentry.
- Gentry--England--History--18th century.
- England--Social conditions--17th century.
- England.
- England--Social conditions--18th century.
- Buckinghamshire (England)--Biography.
- Buckinghamshire (England).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 287 p.) : ill., facsims., geneal. table, maps, plan, ports.
- Other Title:
- Sociability and power in late-Stuart England
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- This work seeks to contribute to our understanding of social networks and hierarchies of the Stuart period. Destabilizing established stereotypes of omnipotent patriarchs and powerless wives, the book offers a view revealing more subtle power-play.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 1999.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780191697906 (ebook) :
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