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by
Routledge
The natural exuberance of the men and women of Tudor and Stuart Britain, whether in politics, religion, architectural decoration or literary conceit, turned easily to excess. The age is marked by growing wealth, often expressed in extravagant building schemes, by rapid changes in ideas and attitudes, practices and beliefs across the whole spectrum of human activity. In particular, it was marked... Read more
General editor’s preface Preface 1. Britain in 1550: the land its people 2. The rural landscape of Britain 3. Rural change 4. Mines and mills, forges and furnaces 5. Building 6. Towns 7. The moral landscape 8. Landscapes of the mind 9. Communication 10. Britain in 1700
Biography
Michael Reed
