Vexed and Troubled Englishmen, 1590-1642A social, economic, and cultural history of the late Elizabethan and early Stuart period, as well as a fundamental work on America's origins. |
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Page 47
... rural surround- ings . In every respect , the English were a pastoral folk that " dis- covered loveliness only where they could discern fruitfulness . " 2 The outstanding trait of all the country people was provinci- ality . Their ...
... rural surround- ings . In every respect , the English were a pastoral folk that " dis- covered loveliness only where they could discern fruitfulness . " 2 The outstanding trait of all the country people was provinci- ality . Their ...
Page 95
... rural inhabitants lived very close to the subsistence level , and the fear of famine possessed them all ; in fact it became a com- mon psychosis and actually led to violence on occasion . The diary of Walter Yonge of Plymouth reveals ...
... rural inhabitants lived very close to the subsistence level , and the fear of famine possessed them all ; in fact it became a com- mon psychosis and actually led to violence on occasion . The diary of Walter Yonge of Plymouth reveals ...
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... rural districts.27 The deep - seated , dormant puritanism of large sections of the rural population had created a ravenous hunger after the Word . A few country parsons essayed the witty style that Lancelot An- drewes and his imitators ...
... rural districts.27 The deep - seated , dormant puritanism of large sections of the rural population had created a ravenous hunger after the Word . A few country parsons essayed the witty style that Lancelot An- drewes and his imitators ...
Contents
Westward the Land Was Bright | 3 |
The People of England | 13 |
Country People | 46 |
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