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The writing of county history in England experienced its first boom from the 1570s to the 1650s, during which time a series of outstanding county histories were written, including William Lambarde’s Perambulation of Kent, William Burton’s Description of Leicestershire and William Dugdale’s Antiquiti...

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Έκδοση: Firenze University Press 2024
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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-892262024-04-03T02:24:56Z Chapter The Writing of County Histories in Early Modern England Rihua, Chen Early Modern England Gentry Historiography thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History The writing of county history in England experienced its first boom from the 1570s to the 1650s, during which time a series of outstanding county histories were written, including William Lambarde’s Perambulation of Kent, William Burton’s Description of Leicestershire and William Dugdale’s Antiquities of Warwickshire. All these works are manifestations of the phenomenon of ‘county history writing by the gentry’. County histories are primarily about local place names and famous persons, but also give accounts related to rivers, mountains, land, architecture, real estate, family clans, regional customs and histories. This essay illustrates the sociocultural phenomenon of ‘county history writing by the gentry’ in the view of the formation of the nation state, and aims to demonstrate the significance and value of the writing of county histories by gentlemen, from the perspective of the ‘community of county gentry’. 2024-04-02T15:50:11Z 2024-04-02T15:50:11Z 2023 chapter ONIX_20240402_9791221502428_195 2975-0261 9791221502428 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/89226 eng Connessioni. Studies in Transcultural History application/pdf n/a 9791221502428_05.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/979-12-215-0242-8_5 Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0242-8.05 10.36253/979-12-215-0242-8.05 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9791221502428 2 10 Florence open access
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description The writing of county history in England experienced its first boom from the 1570s to the 1650s, during which time a series of outstanding county histories were written, including William Lambarde’s Perambulation of Kent, William Burton’s Description of Leicestershire and William Dugdale’s Antiquities of Warwickshire. All these works are manifestations of the phenomenon of ‘county history writing by the gentry’. County histories are primarily about local place names and famous persons, but also give accounts related to rivers, mountains, land, architecture, real estate, family clans, regional customs and histories. This essay illustrates the sociocultural phenomenon of ‘county history writing by the gentry’ in the view of the formation of the nation state, and aims to demonstrate the significance and value of the writing of county histories by gentlemen, from the perspective of the ‘community of county gentry’.
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