Sociability and power in late-Stuart England
Subtitle: the cultural worlds of the Verneys, 1660-1720
By: Susan E. Whyman.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Verney family; Power (Social sciences) -- England -- History -- 17th century; Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 -- Biography; Great Britain -- History -- George I, 1714-1727 -- Biography; England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century; England -- Civilization -- 17th century; Buckinghamshire (England) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: This work seeks to contribute to our understanding of social networks and hierarchies of the Stuart period. Destabilizing established stereotypes of omnipotent patriarchs and powerless wives, the book offers a view revealing more subtle power-play.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-279) and index.