The draining of the Fens : projectors, popular politics, and state building in early modern England /
Ash, Eric H.,1972-author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-385) and index.
Introduction : the unrecovered country : draining the land, building the state -- Part I. Popular politics, crown authority, and the rise of the projector. Land and life in the pre-drainage Fens -- State building in the Fens, 1570-1607 -- The crisis of local governance, 1609-1616 -- The struggle to forge consensus, 1617-1621 -- Part II. Drainage projects, violent resistance, and state building. Draining the Hatfield level, 1625-1636 -- The first great level drainage, 1630-1642 -- Riot, civil war, and popular politics in the Hatfield level, 1640-1656 -- The second great level drainage, 1649-1656 -- Epilogue : the once and future Fens : unintended consequences in an artificial landscape.
Drainage
Reclamation of land
Political development
Government, Resistance to