Title: Identity and agency in England, 1500-1800
Author: Henry French, Jonathan Barry
Language: English
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9781403917645
Extension: EPUB
Size: 390 KB
Subjects: General, Psychology, History, Europe, Sociology, Social Science, England, Great Britain, England - Social conditions - 17th century, Social status, Social History, Marginality; Social, Philosophy, Social role - England - History, Social role, Marginality; Social - England - History, Social status - England - History, England - Social conditions - 16th century, Group identity - England - History, Group identity, Congresses, England - Social conditions - 18th century
SUMMARY: This collection of essays is arranged around the central issue raised by this raft of new empirical research--the relationship between social identity, or the "vision of the self," and the ways in which this can explain historical agency. If identities in early modern society were multiple, complex, and dependent on context, rather than homogenous, consistent, or easily determined, then it is difficult to make simple causal links to behavior. This collection aims to make innovative new research on the structures of English society available to the wider scholarly audience. The essays use a number of detailed contextual case studies to explore the twin themes of the nature of identities in early modern society, and their role in influencing historical agency. They examine the variety of identities available to individuals in early modern England, and the ways in which these were invoked and employed.
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