The middling sort and the politics of social reformation
Subtitle: Colchester, 1570-1640
By: Richard Dean Smith.
Series: Renaissance and Baroque studies and texts ;; v. 25
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Social conflict -- England -- Colchester -- History.; Colchester (England) -- Social conditions.; Colchester (England) -- History.
Description: "This book provides as in-depth portrait of an urban setting, discussing both Wrongdoers themselves and the motivations of the craftsmen and tradesmen - the "middling sorts" - who enforced local standards of conduct."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-299) and index.