342 Pages
by
Routledge
342 Pages
by
Routledge
358 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Essex village of Earls Colne boasts one of the most comprehensive collections of historical documents in Britain, and has been the subject of an intensive and ongoing research project to collate and computerise the surviving records. As such, Earls Colne is undoubtedly one of the most studied parishes in England. Yet whilst much is now known about the village and its inhabitants, little work... Read more
1: Prologue; I: Ways of Seeing and Remembering God's Landscape; 2: In the Footsteps of Antiquarians; 3: Amyce's Plot in 1598; 4: God's Landscape; 5: Death's Posthumous Hand; II: Inhabiting the Lord's Landscape; 6: Pews; 7: The ‘concession to erect seats'; 8: Populating the Pews; 9: Voices from the Pews; 10: ‘My body to the earth'; 11: What the Dead have to say for Themselves; 12: Perpetual Memorials; 13: What the Burial Registers have to say about the Dead; 14: Inclusions and Exclusions; 15: Scratched into History; III: Remembering, Forgetting and Claiming the Landscape; 16: Re-membering the Priory; 17: The Diabolical in Earls Colne; 18: From Cross Gate Road to Coggeshall Road; 19: The Quaker's Landscape; 20: Epilogue
Biography
Dr Dolly MacKinnon is a Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at The University of Queensland. Her research background spans both history and music, and her publications focus on analysing the mental, physical and auditory landscapes of past cultures.
'MacKinnon's book contains much of interest, and her case studies reveal some fascinating characters which provide a glimpse of society within early modern Earls Colne.' Reviews in History ’The book is richer and more valid than [expected]... We do get a social history, which is enhanced by the recognition that artifacts can tell us as much as documents. Through this case study of one village, MacKinnon constructs a model that could be applied almost anywhere, one that gives clues about the lives, the memories, and the motivations of people who are now long dead.’ American Historical Review ... this is an engaging and finely crafted piece of work. Renaissance Quarterly
