Cultural Exchanges in Early Modern London (Early Modern Cultural Studies)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: March 4, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780312293864
Subjects: British & Irish history; Cultural studies; Great Britain - History - Tudor And Stuart (1485-1714); History Of Civilization And Culture (General); History; History - General History; History: World; British Isles; England; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; Renaissance; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Description: Contemporary observers have noted that land, for centuries the foundation of economic and political power, changed hands at a quickening pace in England during the later sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. As new money - and therefore new people - came into the land market, the social foundations of government shifted, which led inevitably to political crisis. Empowered by new wealth and by their faith, early modern Londoners began to use philanthropy to assert their cultural authority in distant parts of the nation. Culture, Faith, and Philanthropy analyzes how disputes between London and provincial authorities over such benefactions demonstrated the often tense relations between center and periphery.